• pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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    18 hours ago

    f-droid might get closed as the userbase dwindles.

    Nah. F-Droid is already federation-ready. https://f-droid.org/docs/Installing_the_Server_and_Repo_Tools/

    I’ll run my own copy of the F-Droid servers, before I bend my knee to Google. So will others.

    Edit: But yes, you are correct that Linux phone is the long term solution. Android is a pile of corporate Java. Linux is a lean sleek set of mature highly optimized tools. Once the big show-stoppers are cleared, my Linux phone will be the envy of all who see me use it.

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      18 hours ago

      The big problem is, I think many apps will cease to get updates as the devs stop developing on Android. Just running F-Droid is not going to solve this.

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          11 hours ago

          I don’t know, Linux? But if they don’t want to get the dev certificate I doubt they continue to develop on Android.

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            8 hours ago

            Doubt it.

            Most of those on a Google ROM isn’t moving to GNU/Linux, its either Lineage, Graphene, etc…, or just give up on these non-google apps. “Linux” is so broken and dysfunctional compared to Android ROMs.