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minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoEurope: Companies can’t lock down your operating system. Also Europe: Companies must force back doors into their operating systems. I wonder how long those two things can coexist.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWell, Google’s current behaviour is already putting the future existence of F-Droid into question.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoWe need FOSS phones badly and in numbers that manufacturing isn’t horrible. That is until our governments force carriers not to connect them. If I could find a reasonably priced 8" Linux tablet, I’d sell my phone and buy a cellular wifi AP.
Europe: Companies can’t lock down your operating system.
Also Europe: Companies must force back doors into their operating systems.
I wonder how long those two things can coexist.
Well, Google’s current behaviour is already putting the future existence of F-Droid into question.
We need FOSS phones badly and in numbers that manufacturing isn’t horrible. That is until our governments force carriers not to connect them.
If I could find a reasonably priced 8" Linux tablet, I’d sell my phone and buy a cellular wifi AP.