Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms.

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@Phalzu We're probably just going to host them as Git repositories without a whole social coding platform. If we want to take pull requests ourselves without GitHub then we could host Gerrit ourselves.

[k_rey_c@social.coop]

@GrapheneOS ... @conservancy

[cismonx@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS

Reminds me of some "open source" apps in China that use Tencent QQ and Baidu Netdisk for distribution.

That does not necessarily make them non-free, but somehow defeats the purpose of being open source, since users have to install other proprietary apps on their device and register accounts associated with real ID to get them.

No ethical FLOSS developer should ever do that. And apparently we can't expect that from Google.

[adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social]

@TheGreatLlama @GrapheneOS

Well let's also hope you can unlock the bootloader without jumping thru hoops with Motorola customer support and forced wait times and shit before you can unlock you're device like Motorola is known for

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@cismonx It's incredibly backwards and very hard to understand why they want to drive away people from using their devices.

Nexus and Pixel devices had a lot of Android enthusiasts using them who are increasingly being driven away by these decisions.

They're driving a lot of people away to using iPhones rather than simply using other Android devices.

The management making these decisions largely use iPhones, not the products they're gradually stripping of their actual advantages.

[hipsterelectron@circumstances.run]

@xyhhx @GrapheneOS @Phalzu gerrit's really good i actually stan

[phalzu@kolektiva.social]

@GrapheneOS Fair.

[life_is@no-pony.farm]

@GrapheneOS @cismonx

Google managers using iphones at work is like Mercedes managers driving a BMW at a product show... Google actually invented the androidphone to compete with apple iPhone. They considered the iphone as a threat to their own business model. One would think google forbids at least the managers to use iphones at office.

[srevilo@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS Will there be Motorola Smartphones with GrapheneOS preinstalled available? Thanks in advance.

[andygravesgrimesoul@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS do you think they're deliberately slandering with misinfo or are they actually this clueless? It's hard to tell, my guess is the former.

[idkrn@infosec.exchange]

@GrapheneOS since when?

[idkrn@infosec.exchange]

@abhiyantrik @GrapheneOS they’ve started numerous times that other companies that depend on Android would inevitably fill in the gaps

[abhiyantrik@mastodon.social]

@idkrn @GrapheneOS if I understand correctly, #grapheneos is relying on other companies to fill the gaps?

[nakal@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS This sounds like fully AI fabricated.

[nest@infosec.exchange]

@GrapheneOS

this sounds like The Onion header.

[danieldk@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS if the paper contains many inaccuracies, maybe it's a good idea to contact the authors and editors to get it retracted?

[nest@infosec.exchange]

@GrapheneOS

"Google starts distributing Google Android for Google Pixel via Google Drive requested via Google Forms"

[andreacapezza@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS Google is a devil, he is not the first ( IBM ? ) and the last is not born ... Nous n'avons que ce que nous méritons

[minibill@mastodon.uno]

@srevilo @GrapheneOS yes, they have a partnership for doing exactly that

[falken@social.falkensweb.com]

@vrtrahan @GrapheneOS banks and other apps locking themselves when not running on a "secure version of Android" or depending on non-OS features like Play Services