You mean installing? How Google is going to handle restricting us from installing apps on our phone? Thats what it is. Sideloading doesn’t fucking exist.
Stop complaining, just use a different mobile OS.
… oh, shit!
See y’all on !linuxphones@lemmy.ca
Thank you. I gave that community a subscribe because I want to use a Linux phone at some point in the future.
The big thing I have to make sure of is accessibility as I am a low vision user who requires the use of screen magnification at the very minimum and a screen reader is preferred for text such as articles and websites.
A Linux phone won’t help with the problem side loading stopping problem.
Last time I used side loading was on a driving trip in Italy, I wanted the ZTA app so I could see where I wasn’t able to drive and plan routes that avoided ZTAs. A Linux phone wouldn’t have helped as no one would publish such an app for Linux unless the user population was in the tens of percentage
ZTAs are the no cars allowed areas, usually the middle of towns
Waydroid let’s you use Android apps on linux, and Jolla (I think thats the right company) has their own proprietary Android compatibility layer. Not to say the experience is perfect, I’d say its closer to how WINE was 10-15 years ago. But it wouldve been do-able, albeit probably with a bit of headache.
I’ve heard people call it sideloading for actual PCs.
Like, the fuck?
If your computer came shipped in windows S mode it’s kinda apt.
“Actual” PCs.
They are actual pcs
Very happy with GrapheneOS.
While it last, Google is disabling apks and you think they won’t lock bootloaders?
Which is why I’m monitoring !linuxphones@lemmy.ca for updates and good targets to daily drive for work purposes. We can’t trust Google anymore.
There are other phone companies.
Graphene is working with a manufacturer to build a device for them.
Also, Graphene isn’t the onlyngame in town. Lineage is fine, yes, you can’t re-lock the bootloader on most devices, but frankly that risk is overstated for the average person. For the people who need that kind of security, of they’re that big of a target then the actors after them will have state-level capability. So it’s a deterrent for less-capable adversaries.
GrapheneOS is a nice reprieve from the sea of endless enshittification news flowing forth from Big Tech these days.
Just switched and I’m liking it…just need to import my address book with out Google play
Is the ui the same as Pixel?
Yeah. The biggest issues I’ve had with it are:
Google Wallet does not load (I use Passes or Catima to download tickets) and tap to pay does not work - Google Pay still works, just not through the app.
Some financial apps don’t work. CapitalOne doesn’t open, but I only need to login once a month to pay my credit card so I just do it on my computer.
My company’s Microsoft Intune setup didn’t work, but they recently restricted it to iPhone only so that’s not relevant anymore.
I got Capital One to work on my GOS phone by turning on the exploit protection compatibility mode for the app in system settings
Yep, it’s the same stock UI and design language. Most of the modifications are under the hood and more user control over apps, permissions, etc
It’s a quite ironic it’s only available for Google’s phones.
e/os is fine too.
Few years back I got a Chromebook just to put GalliumOS on it. Google’s hardware honestly has a decent track record for allowing open source operating systems.
“sideloading”
“For your security”
the biggest problem hasn’t yet emerged, let’s say Orange turd will use his power to force Goolag to restrict access to the Goolag account for any country or entity for any of his moronic reason.
