First RCS now this, today has been wild

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    1 year ago

    I hope the ability to install whatever OS on your phone that you want will become mandated and the default for all cell phones.

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      1 year ago

      Even if this was allowed. Surely most apps wont run anymore in the name of security

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        Not really, most OS for phones are android based anyway. Having the choice of an ungoogled android is always a plus, much like many people just want an ungoogled chrome

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      1 year ago

      This is unenforceable really. Android is a monolithic OS, it’s very architecture would have to be reengineered, and then phone manufacturers would have to design their system drivers to be independent and distributable.

      Windows is modular, this comes from the standard BIOS that came out of the bios wars in the 80’s. Having a standard hardware interface enables this.

      Phones don’t have this.

      • gh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        No it’s not, just mandate unlocked or user-unlockable bootloaders, the open source Android dev community will do the rest. There would be degoogled custom ROMs and full linux (eg Ubuntu touch, postmarketOS, etc.) ports for every reasonably popular device within months.