<![CDATA[🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM.]]>🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. 🚨

This we call on you to take action & sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/keep-android-open-stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage

Because Google must not decide what you can & can't download on YOUR Android device.

This undermines one of Android’s defining features: the freedom to install software from wherever you choose. 😤

is supposed to be open, & your phone should be yours → NOT GOOGLES.

It’s time to support open alternatives like @GrapheneOS ✊

More: https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f8cc0f42-ef6e-4e5a-a359-df3956119097/google-is-killing-android-freedom.RSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 16:41:25 GMTSun, 04 Oct 2026 07:59:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:22:07 GMT]]>@retrocomputing Indeed. Those have a long way to go.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/117382140868345027https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/117382140868345027Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:22:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:19:41 GMT]]>@The_Universality Indeed, still a very short list of compatible phones unfortunately.
To make a difference we need broad compatibility, enabling phones with low price tags,.
Android and iOS set the bar quite high, people expect lots of features to just considering changing something that "just works" for them, not to mention the price point.
Also most people aren't technically savvy, so don't understand - hell, even care about - the privacy implications of their choices.
But I'm digressing..

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117382131341009248https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117382131341009248Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:19:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:13:31 GMT]]>@retrocomputing @Goodlucksil @Tutanota @GrapheneOS
Along with around 100,000 others, I use the deGoogled Android /e/OS. Sent from my new Murena Gigaset GS6.
https://e.foundation/e-os/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcellinusme/statuses/117382107051821543https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcellinusme/statuses/117382107051821543Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:13:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:58:21 GMT]]>https://urlgo.in/fnciz

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117382028718616494/statuses/117382047441686877https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117382028718616494/statuses/117382047441686877Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:58:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:55:47 GMT]]>@retrocomputing

Well, we do have some "3rd alternatives" such as Ubuntu Touch (shipped with Volla Phones) or Sailfish OS (shipped with Jolla Phone)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/117382037349867571https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/117382037349867571Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:55:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:51:06 GMT]]>@madduci @Tutanota @GrapheneOS I've bought Pixel 8a last year for around 300e and it works great. I think they will support 8a until 2030, you can check on their website until when they plan to support certain devices.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115793392981935759/statuses/117382018920474930https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115793392981935759/statuses/117382018920474930Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:51:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:49:01 GMT]]>@Tutanota

AOSP is just AP.
If one must ask Google to send them the source code then there's nothing open-source about it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/117382010748724198https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/117382010748724198Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:49:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:40:19 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS would be nice if you pushed actually cool well supported distributions like @LineageOS instead

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sounddrill/statuses/117381976527168324https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sounddrill/statuses/117381976527168324Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:40:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:19:44 GMT]]>@madduci@mastodon.social
Two years ago, I got myself a used Pixel 7A for around 160€.
Still works perfectly fine with GrapheneOS.

@Tutanota @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://littleone.littlefedi.social/objects/01a10636-4c92-7d0e-8bf2-0073b294e38bhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://littleone.littlefedi.social/objects/01a10636-4c92-7d0e-8bf2-0073b294e38bSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:19:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:15:59 GMT]]>@markku @retrocomputing @Tutanota @GrapheneOS also "third party apps". "SD card usage restricted to third party apps". No, evilgoogle, it's not a third party app, it's my file browser in my own SD card where evilandroid made bloatware folders.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcSlibinas/statuses/117381880850963750https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcSlibinas/statuses/117381880850963750Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:15:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:11:28 GMT]]>@retrocomputing @Tutanota @GrapheneOS
Yeah, it used to be called, "installing a software"... 😄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/markku/statuses/117381863079473585https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/markku/statuses/117381863079473585Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:11:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:09:23 GMT]]>@Tutanota A shame Google went through with this... Yet not surprising coming from them. The openness of Android served them in the early days of Android to attract people, against big bad "Apple's locked down Iphone". Now it's in their way.
I used to recommend Fdroid to friends and family. Happy user myself (never had a graphene compatible device to try it), but I can't imagine recommending flashing a ROM to just anyone, not everyone is ready to take that big a step.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/narvod/statuses/117381854899126249https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/narvod/statuses/117381854899126249Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:09:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:05:44 GMT]]>@retrocomputing

@Tutanota @GrapheneOS
Need to persuade banks that their apps are safe to run in the non-Google sanctioned scenarios.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/gregalotl/statuses/117381840539825370https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/gregalotl/statuses/117381840539825370Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:03:03 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS Perhaps it’s time to move on from the Android/iOS duopoly, isn’t it?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.sneak.ovh/objects/34655475047409664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.sneak.ovh/objects/34655475047409664Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:03:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:20 GMT]]>@madduci

You can buy a cheap used Pixel 8.
This will give you 2 more years to wait for new motorola smartphones to enter the market and also see what will happen with new Pixels.

@Tutanota @GrapheneOS

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116501666359794806/statuses/117381819299887676https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116501666359794806/statuses/117381819299887676Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:46:11 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS I would love to support GrapheneOS, but it works only on flagship phones. Cheap phones (< €300)seem to be out of scope

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/madduci/statuses/117381763684522409https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/madduci/statuses/117381763684522409Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:46:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:34:55 GMT]]>@Tutanota @jolla

Quizá sea mejor acercarse a alternativas como Jolla.
Open y Graphene no creo que quepan en la misma frase

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116211750315096703/statuses/117381719348969239https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116211750315096703/statuses/117381719348969239Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:34:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:34:53 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS Once fraphine becomes accessible with Talkback out of the box, I'll most certainly support it. Has any progress been made finding a tts engine that complies with licensing restrictions and can be bundled?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/fireborn/statuses/117381719229959543https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/fireborn/statuses/117381719229959543Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:34:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:34:47 GMT]]>@Goodlucksil @Tutanota @GrapheneOS My understanding is that GrapheneOS' compatibility limits are set by the hardware, or lack thereof, not by some policies or intent.
Can you name a phone OS alternative that can be used right now for your everyday phone?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117381718853123981https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117381718853123981Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:34:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:24:28 GMT]]>@retrocomputing

@Tutanota @GrapheneOS

You don't need to use Graphene to escape Google's monopoly, and if you are looking for large coverage, that's antithetical to Graphene's goals.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/ap/users/115592643165869492/statuses/117381678235943503https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/ap/users/115592643165869492/statuses/117381678235943503Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:24:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:18:39 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS The very same term "side loading" makes me mad, it's just loading what you want on an OS you've paid for

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117381655413621664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117381655413621664Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:18:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:16:05 GMT]]>@joergba @GrapheneOS Da versucht die EU etwas mit dem DMA gegen zu unternehmen, aber Google ignoriert's... Wir kämpfen weiter!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Tutanota/statuses/117381645291375248https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Tutanota/statuses/117381645291375248Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:16:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:15:27 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS the only problem is that as of now GrapheneOS is only compatible with Pixel phones.
From next year it will be compatible also with some select Motorola phones, not clear for now when and which ones.
Short-term solution will be moving to some other Android-ish flavor (HyperOS, ColorOS, ...).
Switching to iOS won't fix anything, as it's already where Google is going
We definitely need a 3td alternative, soon.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117381642805149006https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/retrocomputing/statuses/117381642805149006Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:15:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:04:33 GMT]]>@Tutanota @GrapheneOS Wenn ich eine email aus Apps versenden muss wird immer nur Gmail angezeigt. Andere Email Anbieter muss ich extra eingeben. Beim Smartphone aber auch bei GoogleTV oder Amazon ( letzteres kennt wenigstens noch T-Online ).

Selbst wenn mann alle Google Apps nicht mehr nutzen will drängeln diese sich immer rein.

Auch bei Terminen z.B. für 7er Rugby World Series Übertragung nur Google Kalender zur Auswahl.

Normales Android für Normalnutzer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/117381599977265109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/117381599977265109Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:04:33 GMT