Yes, everyone cares enough, they will definitely change that.
As far as I know, people are too stupid to even understand what sideloading is (it is about that, right? Edit: yes.)
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Was it really ever?
Your phone will be the same phone after September as it was beforehand.
On the long-term, I'd make some plans, get a small laptop, or even a linux phone, even as a second device to tether.
Yeah, this isn't going to get "better", this is going to get walked into a walled garden.
Get out or stay put, your call.
If AluminumOS takes off and overtakes Windows and Mac marketshare, desktops are headed in the same direction as mobiles.
Gross, combining Chrome OS with Android? NO thanks! Another OS to harvest data to the max! "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" does not apply to Google at this point.
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