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@fdroidorg Does anyone know if Harmony NextOS will allow third party apps?

@fdroidorg Quick question, if you donʼt mind, since I canʼt find this anywhere online. The 'outside of China' qualifier in your post: does this mean Chinese-spec, non-Google phones (which are still Android) will escape Googleʼs draconian measures?

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Better than burner hones for demos?

This:

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.torproject.torservices/

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I'm not absolving the A holes at Google but I think the Trump regime could have told them to do this. They don't want period apps that don't share information with them or apps that thwart ICE efforts etc. Verified developers will have to play nicely with the regimes wishes.

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i think android as a open system is over. it is only a matter of time when it dies.

i thought somewhere around 2015 that android was fixable into open system, even that time there was too much google in it.

now we need fresh start .... unfortunately.

(f-droid probably do not want to hear this.)

(apple is already closed, now even macs.)

@fdroidorg shouldn't sideloading actually mean applications that gets installed without your consent which google seem to be quite good at pushing applications I never asked for like Android System SafetyCore

@fdroidorg Google is sidecontrolling us...

@fdroidorg Keep going on guys 🙏❤️ but we do know what Android not became, but always be : Google's Monopoly toy. Time to switch to another system. Urgently we do need projects like @postmarketOS or Mobian to go from testers to full daily use, with smartphones built with open hardware. No way to keep Qualcomm/Android in this deal because one forces you to use the other one... Nice hardware and software locking system that Microsoft would love too !

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@fdroidorg Hot take: Google can afford to do this chiefly for two reasons:

1. They're one half of a duopoly.
2. We all need a smartphone to function in modern society.

If people knew they could buy a KaiOS phone and use it for 2FA or payments, Google might not be so cocky. If governments everywhere didn't keep threatening to eliminate cash, Google might not feel too big to fail. Demanding regulation is all good and well. I hope it works. But they'll just try again, like with Chat Control.

@fdroidorg arguably, it's Google who is sideloading. If the device owner wants to install some software in his or her device direcly, that is the front door, not some side entrance.