<![CDATA[#Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It]]> Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It

The story is a warning: when you depend on a platform built by a company whose interests diverge from yours, you eventually lose. The solution is not a different Big Tech provider, it is infrastructure built on fundamentally different principles.

https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/03/google-closing-android-ecosystem/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/39b778b2-45ab-4b18-b05c-a7705d865b8c/google-is-closing-android-and-taking-your-freedom-with-itRSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 15:53:05 GMTWed, 30 Sep 2026 06:29:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:05:17 GMT]]>@TrickTim @EugeneMcParland and how exactly is this breaking the opera browser, twice?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/117359189555849416https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/117359189555849416Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:05:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:59:51 GMT]]>@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @EugeneMcParland ]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-156a-bccf-87e4-bfb183932176https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-156a-bccf-87e4-bfb183932176Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:59:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:31:31 GMT]]>@EugeneMcParland I'm glad pixel union has decided to take action...

... by using ai....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/digipooch/statuses/117359056756948243https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/digipooch/statuses/117359056756948243Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:31:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:15:57 GMT]]>@EugeneMcParland Anyway, when you ask an AI to draw an hand in your ad, specify that human hands typically have five fingers. Just to say.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/117358995559809059https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/117358995559809059Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:15:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:01:17 GMT]]>@EugeneMcParland
Is that graphic meant to say "CHOOSING" or "CLOSING"? Either way, F Google.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TrickTim/statuses/117358937870863336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TrickTim/statuses/117358937870863336Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:01:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:54:36 GMT]]>@EugeneMcParland This is surveillance. Only.

Justifications. For surveillance.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/117358911611652875https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/117358911611652875Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:54:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:53:03 GMT]]>@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @EugeneMcParland Actually, you have to buy an OLD Google Phone (Pixel 10). The Pixel 11 can't run Graphene because they remove memory tagging.

I ran Graphene for a day and realized I wanted all the Android stuff so I reimaged my 10a to Android 16 and transferred everything. Couldn't do that with Graphene.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/mvilain/statuses/117358905492878847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/mvilain/statuses/117358905492878847Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:53:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It on Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:41:14 GMT]]>@EugeneMcParland

the only option to get around google on android, is to buy an google phone.

where is the alternative?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/117358859011025621https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/117358859011025621Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:41:14 GMT