Like isnt android linux already? Why Not just fork it if everyone is unsatisfied with google and pushes for linux phones?
Am I missing something?
Like isnt android linux already? Why Not just fork it if everyone is unsatisfied with google and pushes for linux phones?
Am I missing something?
I’d say on the Hardware side, degoogling is a pain. Android devices are not very ‘open’. I think graphene is the only alternative that’s easy to install and that only works on a couple of devices. For others like linage there are a few more devices but some of the install procedures are shonky and can leave you with unlocked bootloader and stuff like that. Scares off many people I’d think. I think a device that was designed to allow you to install an OS and is not basically locked down is attractive.
Put another way, you can fork android all you like, but what are you going to run it on, and how do you install it? If there was a device that made it easy , it might get popular enough to attract more interesting open source innovations.
On the software side , once you ditch google there’s also way fewer applications. F-droid is ok; but being able to use one of the major distro with an ARM repository would give a decent amount of stuff - albeit not optimised for touchscreen.
I think there’s an options also some technical stuff about how much call and cellular data has to go through your cellular network, and whether bypass or switch off is an option - I think that’s for the real privacy people - I don’t really know about it.
upvoted for use of the word “shonky”. I dig it.
I’ve noticed a glyph in several of your comments, including this one. Are you doing that intentionally, or is it a character that my client just isn’t deciding correctly?
I’m not doing anything intentional, where is it appearing?
Does that work?
It looks cool, and I see it in many of your comments.
Interesting, it’s where I put a simple line break <br>. If I put a line space then it creates a new paragraph block <p></p>.
I guess your viewer doesn’t like <br> within its <P> blocks.
Fascinating! Are you adding the HTML tags manually, or are they being translated from a new line at some point?
Nope. That’s just how this fedia web client is generating it when I do a single carriage return (vs two in a row).
I guess any inconsistencies in interpreting the raw data as a message federates around can cause quirks like this.