#lineageos — Public Fediverse posts

Subject: Android “app-ocalypse”
For: Android users
Image: My LineageOS Android “distro”
Short link: https://dansu.org/android-app-ocalypse

This is a thread from LinkedIn reposted here.

Jaap Geurts said: Your phone is about to stop being yours.

Starting in 2027, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn’t registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

My response:

In general, #LineageOS and other #Android “spins” [or “spoons”] should be unaffected or less affected except in cases where phone owners have installed Google [or Google-dependent] apps.

In my case, I have no such apps on my phones except for old copies of Google Maps. The change should be a non-issue for me. I recommend that #Android users in general switch to the alternative that looks best to them.

Install one of the following “spins” [or “spoons”] on your Android #smartphone and relax in the breeze of a faster and more private non-Google environment:

https://lineageos.org/

https://grapheneos.org/features

https://e.foundation/get-e-os/

You should probably do this even if Google backs off on the “app-ocalypse”. For most users, Google isn’t needed except for Maps and replacements for that exist.

Nicholas Adams said:

How many people are actually going to have the know-how or incentive to install the alternatives? People don’t want to build their hammers, they just want to buy and use.

And how accessible are these alternatives? It’s not a top priority for tech companies as it is, it’s generally even worse when you move into more niche alternatives.

My response:

I’d say that about 25% of Android “power users” would be able to do it if they wanted to. Patience is needed.

The “wanted to” part is more limited. Most users are likely to grumble and then shrug. The part about “they just want to buy and use” is accurate. Google is relying on that.

I wasn’t predicting that the alternative Android OSes are likely to dominate. It’s more that the “app-ocalypse” [my term] described by the OP isn’t going to be as universal as stated. I figure that it’ll be like what happened with Twitter.

Elon Musk’s purchase of #Twitter helped to establish the #Fediverse as a credible alternative. There was a noticeable uptick in Fediverse usage. But not a mass migration. It will probably be similar with Android and the “spins” [or “spoons”].

Regarding “how accessible are these alternatives?” - I’m not sure of what that means.

To see a larger version of the attached screenshot, in most browsers, right-click on the image, select Open in New Window, and resize the new window.

🆕LineageOS 23.2 uzupełnia Androida 16 o brakującą stylistykę Material 3 Expressive
➡️https://rootblog.pl/lineageos-23-2-uzupelnia-androida-16-o-brakujaca-stylistyke-material-3-expressive/

#Android16 #Android16QPR2 #CustomRom #lineageos #LineageOS232 #Material3Expressive

🆕LineageOS 23.2 uzupełnia Androida 16 o brakującą stylistykę Material 3 Expressive
➡️https://rootblog.pl/lineageos-23-2-uzupelnia-androida-16-o-brakujaca-stylistyke-material-3-expressive/

#Android16 #Android16QPR2 #CustomRom #lineageos #LineageOS232 #Material3Expressive

🆕LineageOS 23.2 uzupełnia Androida 16 o brakującą stylistykę Material 3 Expressive
➡️https://rootblog.pl/lineageos-23-2-uzupelnia-androida-16-o-brakujaca-stylistyke-material-3-expressive/

#Android16 #Android16QPR2 #CustomRom #lineageos #LineageOS232 #Material3Expressive

🆕LineageOS 23.2 uzupełnia Androida 16 o brakującą stylistykę Material 3 Expressive
➡️https://rootblog.pl/lineageos-23-2-uzupelnia-androida-16-o-brakujaca-stylistyke-material-3-expressive/

#Android16 #Android16QPR2 #CustomRom #lineageos #LineageOS232 #Material3Expressive