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It's crazy. And yet it's so expected. And I feel so powerless. I'd be able to adb install but we need wide access to open source tools now more than ever. Especially tools for organizing. And that seems to be what they're targetting. 😔
There’s always Graphene and mobile linux distros you can switch to if it gets bad enough.
A substantial amount of open source devs will probably just give up working on their projects if they can no longer be installed by most users.
That will also affect Graphene users.
Graphene will also only work until Google one day says "You know what... No!" and stops allowing it on their (new) hardware. I don't think that's far in the future.
That is exactly why the GrapheneOS team is already in talks with an Android OEM.
This potential cooperation only buys time and doesn't solve the core dependency: if Google ever discontinues AOSP, both GrapheneOS and any OEM partners would face the same dead end.
Build the OS and the users will come.
I can. My family can't and most people we need probably couldn't either. That's what I mean by wide availability of open source tools needed for organizing. And that's what their aim is. Make it difficult enough for most who'd need such tools so they just don't do it.
It’s our job to help the technical developers make more progress on the projects so the transition can be smoother for the everyday people. We’re builders not bystanders.
Today's repairmen, hobbyists, developers, and technicians may end up being tomorrow's champions of ensuring one can own what they use.
That's what true FOSS projects taught us, right?
Well said friend!