Peace be with you, F-Droid Community. 🌹

As many probably know, Google will block Android starting 2027.

Here is my hope: Google has shot itself in the foot with this Darth Vader move, because many People who loves privacy will now switch to de-googled systems, because ( Since to my knowledge), the blockade won’t affect those systems.

So this is just my Openion and my HOPE.

What’s your take on this?

And I kindly say to all developers: Please don’t register in Google.

There are so many people using de-googled systems now, including myself. Please keep going for us, and four you too. Please

Best wishes from Germany 🌹

      • dadarobot@lemmy.ml
        261·
        21 hours ago

        The nonprofit GrapheneOS Foundation was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Daniel Micay, Dmytro Mukhomor, and Khalykbek Yelshibekov in March 2023. It received large contributions from donors such as Ethereum developer Vitalik Buterin and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. As of April 2026, the operating system had approximately 400,000 active users.

        source

        obviously thats just graphene. i use e/os on my phone. not sure how many other distros there are…

        • Carrot@lemmy.today
          2·
          5 hours ago

          Most Graphene users are still using Google, but in sandboxed mode. Very few, myself among them, are willing to put up with the downsides of no GPS

          • tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz
            2·
            5 hours ago

            Umm, I have GPS on my Goog-less main profile no problem. The other profile with Play (just banking, parking and employer-subvented lunch app) also does. So not accurate.

            • Carrot@lemmy.today
              2·
              2 hours ago

              Other commenter beat me to it, but I meant Google Play Services, sorry for the confusion

            • Dima@feddit.uk
              2·
              2 hours ago

              They meant Google Play Services, not the Global Positioning System (confusing, I know)