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I bought a handheld computer, now Google says I'm not allowed to do whatever the hell I want to it (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/privacy@programming.dev
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https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage

I hope that my rooted One UI 7 doesn't get the update through some backdoor in the Google Play Services package... Or the next time I unblock Google Play to update the very few paid apps that I use...

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[–] michael@piefed.chrisco.me 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What I wouldn't give for a Linux phone (not android).