But this is not the only aspect of Google’s autocratization; Apps who’s developers have enabled the Google Play Integrity APIs will not run on custom roms.

So you can’t use banking apps, or you mean like you cant even use F-Droid FOSS apps at all?

Purism is sketchy btw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKegmu0V75s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IjUryQOlgk

(Louis Rossman videos explaining how a customer was denied a refund for a “pre-order” and then they tried to coerce Louis to take down the video.)

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I feel like its gonna be the Samsung-Apple rivalry all over again.

Apple removes a feature

Samsung laughs at Apple

Samsung does the same thing next year

For contacts I kinda get it.

You could have eye conditions that make you unsuitable to use contacts.

For glasses, its absolute bullshit.

An “incorrect” lens placed on the exterior of your face will not harm you (other than making you a bit dizzy).

You can just go online and buy them, they don’t care about “expired” prescriptions, they only need the numbers.

The solution is UBI

The problem isnt “robots replacing humans”

The problem is: WHERE THE FUCK IS OUR UBI?

Bro that is so gonna get HitchBot’ed

a photo was tweeted, showing that the robot had been stripped “beyond repair” and decapitated in Philadelphia. The robot was located by some people following its progress on its website. The head was never found.

Also, like… if you wanna replace human workers, fine, just give us the UBI.

Otherwise, riots would be justified.

Looks like an AI’s failed attempt to generate an image of a house lol

They’ll reverse the decision when those teens start saying “Stop Genocide” on social media.

100% guaranteed.

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In the c/Privacy community, people say e/OS isn’t as secure as Graphene OS. Although e/OS has better privacy compared to googled android, but apparantly worse security (late security patches).

I’m glad these exists, but remember that these only work as long as device manufacturers don’t lock the bootloaders.

Your country’s government could pass a law that requires bootloaders to be locked for “national security” reasons, and there’d probably not be much resistance since most people don’t even use custom roms. (Looking at you, USA and the autocratization)

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After examining the phone, the BBC confirmed that the censorship mechanisms were deeply embedded in its software.

Remember, this could happen in your country.

Its always “It Can’t Happen Here” until it does.

Can’t be any worse than the GDP of the 2025 fascist USA

With how volitile the USD is under ahem this administration, Bitcoin is probably the slightly less shittier option.