• ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online
    41·
    4 hours ago

    I paid off my old phone early and got a grapheneOS phone ASAP just because of these motherfuckers.

    Hell, I was firmly in the Android camp specifically because of the open source nature of their software. I never made the apps I wanted to make, but I like having the option to do so.

    So you can go fuck yourself, google. Yes my phone is a Googlepixel 10 because they work best with grapheneOS. In a few years if I can I will get a Linux phone.

    • madthumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      They do make a small profit off those phones, while you could’ve simply hit them where it counts with ad-blocking and tracker protection.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    5 hours ago

    I switched to /e/OS and it’s glorious. Just ignore their cloud services. You don’t need them.

  • DiceTrauma@piefed.socialEnglish
    57·
    21 hours ago

    1. Introduce cutting edge tech to the masses, claiming it will usher in a new era of connection, convenience and utility.

    2. Firmly entrench that tech into every corner of modern society so that most day-to-day activities SUPPOSEDLY cannot be done without it.

    3. Slowly tighten the screws by removing user agency and freedom while raising prices.

    4. Become obscenely wealthy from an entire generation of locked-in consumers who think they have no choice but to submit to your control over their lives.

    5. Wash, rinse and repeat.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      21 hours ago

      And yet none of my friends and family can see this blatantly right in front of them. Have people gotten stupider ? Its as obvious as the sun being hot.

      • DiceTrauma@piefed.socialEnglish
        14·
        21 hours ago

        It’s that whole frog analogy, where you can slowly boil a frog alive by gradually increasing the temperature by small increments.

        • foo@feddit.uk
          17·
          20 hours ago

          I’m pretty sure that’s a myth, but the analogy is still useful to get the concept across. It simultaneously amuses me and disappoints me that so many humans can be aware of this effect and still not recognise it happening to them, whilst the frogs aren’t actually that stupid and jump out of the water.

      • Addv4@lemmy.world
        7·
        20 hours ago

        Hopefully not coming off as too much of an ass, but normies largely won’t care, as it doesn’t immediately affect them. Knowing it’s a bad thing requires a bit of understanding about an operating system that most people just don’t know or care to learn about.

        • voodooattack@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 hours ago

          We all start out that way. Not everyone is fortunate enough to grow in an environment that grants them access to education and insights into how tech works.

          If you start thinking of others as lesser just because they’re less/uneducated about something then know that someone could be thinking the same of you.

  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
    63·
    22 hours ago

    I don’t want to laugh about this. I am seriously freaking out at the idea of using the built-in apps instead of the open source equivalents. Calculator with Internet access? Camera app with ads before I click? Browser that spies on me no matter what searches I perform? No thank you.

    • forkDestroyer@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      The issue is that the masses will use the out of the box functionality and not think much of it. Most normal users don’t mind that they can only pull from official app stores, and like the idea that this system is more secure. If everyone who didn’t like this change stopped using the platform entirely, they would still have enough customers to maintain profitability.

    • Dionysus@leminal.space
      29·
      22 hours ago

      Honestly, iPhone is already there in shittyland. You need to jailbreak to do it, which you can host install GraphineOS or root your android easier for the same effect.

      We need a 3rd primer mobile OS option, but won’t get one since the money always enshittifies these things.

      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        20 hours ago

        The most annoying part is the number of good mobile OSs we have already lost over the years to these two; Symbian, BB10, Windows Phone, and WebOS come to mind just off the top of my head. Not to mention the projects that have struggled for traction like Mozilla OS and Ubuntu Touch.

        Edit: I misremembered, it was called Firefox OS, not Mozilla OS.

        • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Maemo/meego was better than all those IMO. It still half lives on in sailfish but had Nokia not been burned it could’ve been a true Goliath that could compete.

          • Dionysus@leminal.space
            2·
            17 hours ago

            I still have my palm pre and boot it up now and then even though it will only connect to wifi, it was a wonderful phone and OS. I’m just so fucking mad at how that all went down and every time I turn on my LG TV and see WebOS it legit hurts

    • M137@lemmy.today
      1·
      18 hours ago

      I thought they allowed app installs outside of the app store now? I haven’t had an iOS device for about 10 years but the few things I hear it feels like iOS is moving more towards openness while Android is quickly moving towards a closed environment and what iOS used to be in that meaning. I also think Google has been real bad with tracking and shit than Apple has ever been. Obviously both Google (or Alphabet or whatever) and Apple are absolutely not good in any way about any of this, just saying to make it clear I’m not siding with either.

      • YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        6·
        17 hours ago

        Apple “lets” you make a dev account to install an app (side load) from something like iloader and sidestore/altstore, but you are limited to installing a handful of apps and each app only works for 7 days after which you have to redo the whole process. Side loading on apple is a PITA. I recently tried helping do this and hate the entire process, it should be more like android. Not that android is perfect, because I personally believe you should be able to install any app or OS on any device.

  • qwestjest78@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    13 hours ago

    I’m thinking flip phone and taking an old Microsoft surface and putting Linux on it. I don’t see any other way to be old source where Google can’t fuck around with you.

    I would do GrapheneOS, but I figure Google will find a way to block it or wreck it