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arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkThe Play Store is a frustrating mess — here are 7 issues Google must fix in 2026www.androidauthority.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareHenriVolney@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·22 hours agoStep one: remove Android and install an open source OS
minus-squarernercle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours ago Step one: remove Android and install an open source OSp isn’t Android open source? Even if you have Lineage or Graphene, you may need to have access to boogle play store. In which case, a better advice would be to use Aurora instead
minus-squareNewOldGuard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoAndroid is NOT open source. AOSP is, but the android distributions you get on a retail phone add proprietary and closed source features atop AOSP. It is at best open-core but even that is questionable given the release cadence of AOSP
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoPeople with budgetary constraints are out of luck, there.
Step one: remove Android and install an open source OS
isn’t Android open source?
Even if you have Lineage or Graphene, you may need to have access to boogle play store. In which case, a better advice would be to use Aurora instead
Android is NOT open source. AOSP is, but the android distributions you get on a retail phone add proprietary and closed source features atop AOSP. It is at best open-core but even that is questionable given the release cadence of AOSP
Go away!
People with budgetary constraints are out of luck, there.