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minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-27 months agoBase Android is also loaded with crap, directly from Google. Android is the worst mobile operating system, with the exception of all the others.
minus-square@0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months agoBase Android (AOSP) is not, what you probably mean is Google Android. Look at GrapheneOS, that is a usable, privacy-focused Android without bloat.
minus-squarehumble peat diggerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoIt works on pixels only, I don’t trust Google hardware
minus-squaresunzu2linkfedilink2•7 months agoYou ain’t wrong but it is currently the gold standard You ain’t getting away from glowies, but at least corporate marketing trash can’t track you that easily
minus-square@ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoAlmost none of the devices are shipped with anything but Google’s Android, and manufacturers don’t provide you alternative versions of Android
minus-square@0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoYes, Google owns Android as a whole, but (almost?) every single OEM customizes Android for their purposes. That is not the same thing.
minus-squarehumble peat diggerlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoI guess we just have a simple task - to make sure that all android phones are running base android. How do u propose that could be done?
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoLegislation to allow installing arbitrary OS and firmware on all consumer devices.
Base Android is also loaded with crap, directly from Google. Android is the worst mobile operating system, with the exception of all the others.
Base Android (AOSP) is not, what you probably mean is Google Android.
Look at GrapheneOS, that is a usable, privacy-focused Android without bloat.
It works on pixels only, I don’t trust Google hardware
You ain’t wrong but it is currently the gold standard
You ain’t getting away from glowies, but at least corporate marketing trash can’t track you that easily
Almost none of the devices are shipped with anything but Google’s Android, and manufacturers don’t provide you alternative versions of Android
Yes, Google owns Android as a whole, but (almost?) every single OEM customizes Android for their purposes. That is not the same thing.
I guess we just have a simple task - to make sure that all android phones are running base android.
How do u propose that could be done?
Legislation to allow installing arbitrary OS and firmware on all consumer devices.