StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down15
arrow-up1464arrow-down1external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squareRinseChessBacked@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·3 days agoAre there currently any viable alternatives to Android and iPhone?
minus-squareardi60@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 days agothe easiest path would be Chinese phones without GMS like Huawei,OPPO,vivo,Xiaomi,Honor
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoOr use graphene os without google play services. No google play, no restrictions.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoDidn’t they ban Huawei phones in the US
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·3 days agoYes, they banned Huawei in the free market.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBanned from selling, but its not illegal to possess one (at least for the time being), so you could still import it (and hope that customs doesn’t make up excuses to consfiscate it upon the package’s arrival).
Are there currently any viable alternatives to Android and iPhone?
the easiest path would be Chinese phones without GMS like Huawei,OPPO,vivo,Xiaomi,Honor
Or use graphene os without google play services. No google play, no restrictions.
Didn’t they ban Huawei phones in the US
Yes, they banned Huawei in the free market.
Banned from selling, but its not illegal to possess one (at least for the time being), so you could still import it (and hope that customs doesn’t make up excuses to consfiscate it upon the package’s arrival).