if this happens my next phone either will be a linux phone (if I can find a dependable one with banking apps allowed) or iOS out of spite
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2025
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Lol, that's like saying "my country became a dictatorship, so I'm gonna support another country's dictator out of spite"
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Does anyone know anything about Furi Labs phones? I saw a comment about them on another post about Android alternatives https://midwest.social/comment/19568664
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With this shift and other control based decisions Google has been making, does Apple devices start to make more sense? Neither platform offers true control over there device you "own", but Apple at the very least isn't a marketing company.
I can't believe a company hasn't swooped in and eaten Apple and Google's lunch.
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It's time the community open source movement starting gaining a lot more traction on mobile. We need better hardware support and standards for a streamlined non-Google/Apple/MS platform. Something not beholden to any single company or country