This will not apply to GrapheneOS, right?
It won't apply to GrapheneOS. It only applies to certified OSes and GrapheneOS is not certified because it doesn't license Google Mobile Services.
this might be the thing that makes me install it
I did so at the Weekend and I wont Go Back.
I highly doubt it
just last month there was news about some changes in Android that will make it harder for alternative distributions..... go figure
Fuck google, verify my ass motherfuckers
If I understood correctly they use DMA as an additional justification. Thank you, EU parlament.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
Or, said in the common corporate tongue, “embrace, extend, extinguish”.
goddamnit I JUST bought a new Fairphone 5 and opted not to go for e/os variant, because I was worried of incompatibility issues.
Guess I'll have to learn how to replace my phone OS in 2026...
devils.
I've nothing to add but upcoming every comment.
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