• Eagle0110@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Exactly, trying to find software alternative for what ultimately going to be locked down hardware is never going to be a sustainable solution.

    Alternative OS means nothing if there’s no widely supported open hardware with unlocked bootloader to run such OS long term, and Google is got all mainstream phone manufactures cornered legally and commercially with this and their requirement for manufecturer authorization for shipping GMS suite with their products.

    The only way out is this ridiculous decision of Google getting push backs from legislation, because there’s nothing manufecturers can do and without them there’s nothing FOSS developers can do to push back long term, and Google isn’t stopping themselves from doing Evil™.