Google really wants to fuck up AOSP development and are actively hostile these days to the project. If they could easily make Android closed source tomorrow, they would.
I think they will eventually do it. Or they will make a new system and not have it be open source. And leave AOSP to languish. And this is why my next device is going to be a device that supports post-market OS.
I'm going to make sure of that before I buy it, because even if it's difficult, it will be worth the switch.
I think there might be a signal fork similar to how Mali operates that would let you use it on a Linux phone but I've only heard about it in passing and so I don't know the name of it but you might want to take a look
That's something I will need to look into as well when I eventually make the switch.
If nothing else, you can use WayDroid until you get the apps you need. I understand that it's still using Android as a crutch, but at least the base system would be Linux.
There was an app called axolotl that worked with Signal on Linux phones, like UBPorts, but it has been unmaintained for a long time and no longer works.
I really want to move away from Android to straight Linux phone, but some applications like, Signal Messenger, don't have a non-Android or iOS version.
That's been Google's MO since always. They called it crowd sourcing first. Have people take photos and do reviews, then gate it behind a login. Digest the whole internet into an LLM, then steal their traffic (before that it was AMP).
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chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 22d
Google really wants to fuck up AOSP development and are actively hostile these days to the project. If they could easily make Android closed source tomorrow, they would.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 22d
I think they will eventually do it. Or they will make a new system and not have it be open source. And leave AOSP to languish. And this is why my next device is going to be a device that supports post-market OS.
I'm going to make sure of that before I buy it, because even if it's difficult, it will be worth the switch.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 22d
I think there might be a signal fork similar to how Mali operates that would let you use it on a Linux phone but I've only heard about it in passing and so I don't know the name of it but you might want to take a look
That's something I will need to look into as well when I eventually make the switch.
If nothing else, you can use WayDroid until you get the apps you need. I understand that it's still using Android as a crutch, but at least the base system would be Linux.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18d
There was an app called axolotl that worked with Signal on Linux phones, like UBPorts, but it has been unmaintained for a long time and no longer works.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 22d
I really want to move away from Android to straight Linux phone, but some applications like, Signal Messenger, don't have a non-Android or iOS version.
Shea@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 22d
Foes something like Waydroid work on Linix phones?
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 22d
Yes, it does
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 22d
Yeah but it sucks
psycocan@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 22d
Google is stealing the cumulative work of OSS contributors.
Randelung@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
That's been Google's MO since always. They called it crowd sourcing first. Have people take photos and do reviews, then gate it behind a login. Digest the whole internet into an LLM, then steal their traffic (before that it was AMP).