Messages from the evil total surveillance gargoyle google.
Enable play services or phone will not work.
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Your personal safety will be endangered
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maps will not work
And the you will soon be unable to sideload applications without stress and dire warnings.
I have a Realme 14 Pro. Why, basicly my Bank forced me to give up on a fully google free device.
Has anyone been able to unlock it and install a decent operating system that will work with the Ing App.
Acesabe
in reply to Kerplunk • • •With their latest move to lock down and out free open source alternatives, we will see a renewed push to open alternatives but having checked a few recent reviews, it doesn't look like much significant progress has been made in the last 10+ years.
The existing alternatives are great but for many, will fall short on key functionality leaving users looking to opt for more open platforms out in the cold ..
Kerplunk
in reply to Acesabe • • •@acesabe
The existing alternatives are great but for many, will fall short on key functionality leaving users looking to opt for more open platforms out in the cold
That is the problem, also many devices are boot loader hard locked.
Biggest offender Samsung. I think Xiaomi has now stopped providing unlocking codes.
Need for a cleanEuropean alternative to googles tracking and spying os is clear and urgent.
Acesabe
in reply to Kerplunk • • •This was published by @david_bardos the other day and is a good overview of the current state of play with alternatives to #Android
blog.gridranger.dev/mobile-ose…
Mobile OSes (featuring Fairphone 5) - Gridranger
blog.gridranger.devKerplunk
in reply to Acesabe • • •@acesabe @david_bardos
This was published by @david_bardos the other day and is a good overview of the current state of play with alternatives to #Android
Thank you for the info, sadly the present situation is not very satisfactory.
On Top EU is allowing autocratic action from Von der Leyen. Bowing to google and cancelling fines so yet again the law is an ass, our rights and privacy worth nothing