Which apps are we actually losing that are truly worth anything? Okay, NewPipe is a real loss. But all the other apps on F-Droid are just slop. A lot of things can easily be replaced with Progressive Web Apps. So, what exactly are we losing?
>>109236649Don't you just have to go into an option and turn it back on?
>>109236664Yes, but having to do that is literally Hitler.
>>109236664it's the principle of the matter, they can just as easily turn the screws and turn off the option at any later date
>all the other apps on F-Droid are just slopFinally, the truth about open sores and freetards comes out
what about all my eroge APKs?
>>109236649Nothing. It's just losers bitching that the developers have to verify with ID so if they start pushing malware and slop Google Play can do something about it.Frankly, I'm fine with it. Every App is on the fucking Play Store, and the FDroid Apps are fucking shit anyway, either completely out of date or just lacking features.Nobody makes you use a specific brand of phone. If you want go install your own OS or use an Iphone.
>>109236649Your phone stopped being yours with Android KitKat when they fucked around with the FS namespaces and prevented you from messing with the OS even after you rooted it. If you still have a smartphone you're the "nigger cattle" Terry Davis ranted about.
>>109238005That's not been my experience. Most things I want to install either are only on F-Droid or the play version is gimped heavily to comply with some rule.
>>109238005Imagine android users from 2009 reading this post
>>109238005but not revanced or youtube morphe
If I can't install ReVanced I have no reason to use an Android device over iOS
>>109236649I replaced all my google garbage with fdroid alternatives.
>>109238112The corpos won. Simply taking away people's freedoms would have been victory enough, but they went one better and managed to convince the average person that they never even wanted to be free in the first place.
>>109236649Fennec
>>109236649Most F-Droid programs are just better versions of what already exists on Goygle Play
>>109236649Just don’t use Google play? Duh. Oh no anyway. Nothing of value was lost. Don’t get it twisted now. It’ll be alright. Daddy’s home.
>>109236664so do i lose access to the apps for 24hrs or will they all be suddenly deleted so i would have to reinstall them?
>>109238441Google will uninstall them and then lock your phone for 24hrs you'll have to reinstall them after the window opens
>>109238091This. I'm not even signed in to any google shit. No services installed. No fucking account. G-free. Fuck those fucking cunts.>muh banking>mub uber>muh what ever fucking zoomer shitNope. Kys faggots
>>109236649but i have no google malware on my phone at all and i havent updated my custom rom in 6 years now
>>109238112I member
It's fine if you just want to run programs. But if you come across a problem, you are forever at the mercy of Google and approved developers. And in turn, your phone may refuse to obey you.
>just install a custom romNope! The bootloader is locked. Make sure you do not buy from any company that sells phones with a locked bootloader.
>>109236649I've never installed an app from the play store, and I never will. Play services are not installed on my phone. Play store is not installed on my phone. I use organic maps for navigation, grapheneos's default messages and phone app, molly for signal messages, and the vanadium web browser. It is a phone, what else do you need?
>>109238005>If you want go install your own OSThis is next on the chopping block.
>>109236649>So, what exactly are we losing?not having to click a checkbox 1 time
>>109238441No. You'll still be able to use them during that 24 hours, also. You just can't install any new unverified apps until the 24 hour cool down expires
>>109238471Why spread bullshit FUD? That's not true at all. The 24 hour wait is only for the installation of NEW unverified apps.
>>109240148>Why spread bullshit FUD?paid iphone shills, they have been constantly posting about android being locked down completely, while google already walked back on the original nothing burger
google just saw when apple "took down a torrenting app from the altstore" (which is an insane sentence on its own) and realized it'd both be very good for the people that sponsor them, and that they might get questions of "well apple is doing it" if they dont
>>109236649How is this going to affect me if I don't update my Android phone?
>>109242224It happens regardless because it’s tied to Play services.
>>109239706I was there Gandalf,I was there 3000 years ago.
>>109239706It's insane how locked down Android has become. I get it's to protect Joe Normiepack. But holy shit: It's a Linux PC, I know what I'm doing may fuck my phone over. Let me be root, goddamn it.
