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Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign… (keepandroidopen.org)
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[–] Yakfolk@anarchist.nexus 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I really hope the Motorola thing actually pans out. Based on the general state of things I’m done with both Apple and Google.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What about Motorola? 😯

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are going to start loading GrapheneOS on phones from the start

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Fantastic! Thanks for explaining 🙏

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day ago

I got a reply clarifying that theyre partnering with graphene. I figured I'd reply so you didn't miss it in the thread

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah same, I have no idea what's happening with Motorola...

[–] Jilanico@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are partnering with GrapheneOS

[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

I don't trust Motorola to make a phone that doesn't have numerous hardware backdoors. Motorola does a ton of work for both the US and Israel. If it sounds too good to be true than it probably is. I think the US/Israel gave Motorola a bit of cash to make backdoored hardware that's made specifically for a privacy hardened software.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 7 points 1 day ago

Same here. And its not like we are overwhelmed with alternatives, too.

Things have taken quite the turn from the nexus era to now, dropping nexus for pixel felt so blatant too.

[–] TheOtherwise@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is the Motorola thinf being referred to here?

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The GrapheneOS folks are working with Motorola to have Graphene pre-installed on one of their phones. It would be the first time it is officially usable on anything but a Pixel. It won't solve the problem described in the OP though. It's still Android.

[–] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Afaik GrapheneOS won't be affected, neither will e/OS. The real problem with them still being based as AOSP is, that google might stop the AOSP project. That would mean the forks would need to do that continous based development themselves.

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It affects Graphene because people using it still get their apps from Google Play, Aurora Store (also the Play Store), and F-Droid, etc.