- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
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What point will there be in using Android anymore? This was the only redeeming feature they had left
They killed the heart monitor
They killed IR blasters
They killed the headphone jack
They killed removable batteries
They killed SD card supportAnd now they’re about to kill freedom and ownership of the device you bought.
Are the phones gonna be totally free? What’s the point of using Android moving forward? Will this be the new start of classic flip phones?
If you can’t access an open Android phone, at this point there is no reason to consider anything other than an iPhone. It’s very expensive, yes, but it will be supported for years to come.
Switching to a feature phone depends on whether you can leave some smartphone usecases behind in favor of a feature phone’s benefits. I use my phone to read books and study my lessons with a stylus. I can let gaming go, it would suck but I can buy a portable console in the worst case scenerio. But those two are important. Banking is another one, even if I showed to the bank in person they direct you to use the app anyway. Which is cool, you get stuff done quickly but it sucks for cases like this.
I only buy hardware I can install open source firmware on. If there is no such thing then there will be zero sales from me.
I bet the next step will be to block a device from wireless debugging itself, so they can kill Shizuku.
Link to the official blog post: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html
Link to the feedback form shared on the blog post: https://goo.gle/Android-verification-feedback
Make use of that second link.
Make use of that second link.
Done. I’m not a dev, but I use apps from github/gitlab/etc. Requiring developer verification is absolutely retarded. And only allowing ADB to install without verification is not the olive branch they’re treating it as. It’s a slap in the face to anyone who actually knows what they’re doing.
Yeah, it’s bad. At the very least there should be a dev option on the phone itself to enable the existing functionality. Ask the user to accept an agreement if you want but it should be possible to all do on-device, without access to the internet.
Make use of that second link.
Done, thank you
Make use of that second link.
I get that participation is important, but why does it feel like google is outsourcing good, sane management decisions?
Because they are.
