Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans

Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by thunderbong on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:32AM (#36517509)

Well, it's not like they have a choice, isn't it?

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by palata on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:35AM (#36517527)

Hmm I think it's getting pretty easy today to get a de-Googled Android phone that "just works". You can buy Murena phones that come with /e/OS pre-installed (I did that). Probably the same with GrapheneOS/CalyxOS/etc.

Users are lazy and don't want to take such a risk, but they do have a choice.

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by pessimizer on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:33AM (#36519049)

> Hmm I think it's getting pretty easy today to get a de-Googled Android phone that "just works".

This is a wild exaggeration.

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by palata on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:17AM (#36521548)

I literally bought a Fairphone 3+ that came with /e/ OS pre-installed. It gets updates like a normal Android, I never had to care about the fact that it is not a normal Android (i.e. I never had to run a weird installer or anything at all).

How is that not "pretty easy"?

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