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‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near (www.techradar.com)
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[–] illi@piefed.social 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Graphene is Android based. Not sure what it'd mean for them in case Android fully locks down.

[–] FG_3479@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The sideloading block will likely be enforced by Play Services, so GrapheneOS won't be affected. Android is also open source, so even if Google implements the block within Android itself, GrapheneOS can just remove it.

[–] illi@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

So far, yes. But what if they will close stuff down more? My understanding is majority of work on Android is done by Google - so they can decide it will no longer be open source, or just partially.

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Google already squeezing grafene. Grafene can no longer use pixel deves, Google won't open new pixels.

Only new device they gonna get is some Motorola device not yet relesed

[–] machine2918@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Source for new Pixels not being supported please?

[–] illi@piefed.social -1 points 5 hours ago

Not sure if there is a definite confirmation on this, but I do remember there were hints that at some point they might not support new Pixels. No source on hand though, I only have vague recollection on this

[–] FG_3479@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

They haven't said that Pixels won't be supported.