My father is a cop, hes also a fascist pig (not that those two things contradict).
Silly goober :3
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The largest obstacle to Linux adoption is the large amount of Linux users whos only contribution to Linux is pushing back any and all progress. These people protest whenever a project receives funding from companies yet refuse to donate themselves. They call projects like Fedora copro for receiving code from IBM yet they do not contribute. They spend all day whining about Wayland and Systemd going on about how “bloated” they are yet these same people will use KDE.
I have no friends
What exactly am I supposed to do? Capitalism has killed any public spaces where capitalism isnt the primary purpose. This is a societal problem caused by capitalism and cannot be fixed on an individual level.
Absolute blasphemy deserving of a biblical plague
Absolute hero in my eyes, if only the shoes hit him
13·4 days agoIm sure your intentions are good but Lemmy doesnt need more AI
10·4 days agoReal, can confirm
Me core :3
5·5 days ago- IOZ: Heres your own state Palestine.
- Palestine: So we get to choose our government?
- IOZ: No
- Palestine: Do the soldiers leave?
- IOZ: No
- Palestine: Than how are we free?
- IOZ: You’re free to accept and if you dont like it you’re free to die
6·6 days agoMy father thinks my queerness is a disability and my mother doesn’t take me seriously
15·7 days agoI hear theres a toasty spot in hell next to Reagan waiting for him
Fun fact: Linus Torvalds picked a penguin as his mascot after he was assaulted by a penguin, this represents how user friendly Linux is (only the second half is a joke)
14·12 days agoMy point is that the issues with mobile Linux is so numerous and severe that the timeframe for when the average person could use it is at least seven years or more.
Sure but the GOS team has openly said that even with everything they’re still going full steam ahead on Google Pixel support. People thought GOS was going to die but we know now that it was severely overblown.
Ill address your issues with Android and then ill give my issues with mobile Linux:
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Yeah this is bad but not even devastating for custom roms like GOS or LineageOS
2
I highly doubt Google would lock the bootloader, they still make the most friendly devices for custom roms (yes even after all they have done). Also Samsung hasnt acturally allowed custom roms for a while now while Xiaomi doesn’t either.
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- Google implementing Play Integrity API and encouraging developers to implement it. Notably the EU’s own identity verification wallet requires this, in stark contrast to their own laws and policies, despite the protest of hundreds on Github.
Even if a developer used the Play Integrity API it doesn’t mean custom roms or other operating systems like GOS arent supported. I use GOS and have had no issues with play integrity, there are no incentives to require a certified Android device.
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- And finally, the mandatory implementation of developer verification across Android systems. Yes, if you’re running a 3rd-party OS like GOS you won’t be directly affected by this, but it will impact 99.9% of devices, and I foresee many open source developers just opting out of developing apps for Android entirely as a result.
Sideloading isnt going anywhere and tbh I doubt this will be strongly enforced, Google will always have the threat of root resurfacing. You dont even need root to get rid of Google Play services and install MicroG.
Conclusion
Android as we know it is dead. And/or will be dead very soon. We need an open replacement.
That seems highly unlikely, even with everything Google has done the fact is AOSP is the only mature open source mobile project.
Now ill get to my issues with mobile Linux:
Hardware
As of now there is no good hardware and no plans by any company to make good hardware in the future.
UI
Mobile Linux interfaces are at least a decade behind Android, clunky and bearly usable. Btw yes I have tried them recently, they suck. For the most part mobile Linux interfaces are made by developers who would never acturally daily drive them.
Software support
Not a lot of Linux software supports arm and those that do either don’t work with touchscreens or have them as an afterthought.
UX
The software that does work generals isnt designed with small screens in mind and are very often scaled down desktop apps
Basic functionality
Basic functionality is absolutely not there on Linux phones, things like calling and texing either require commands or outright dont work at all. For example according to the Postmarketos Wiki in order to change volume on a Pixel 3a during a call you need to manually change it with commands. Genuenly what the fuck, if im on an important call the other person isnt going to wait several hours for me to fiddle with the terminal. If I need to send a text now im not waiting several hours until it works.
Security
Mobile Linux has all the security issues as Linux with no mitigations, except phones contain a lot more personal information and are more likley to be a target for data extraction.
I would instantly be assassinated for helping out people too much and handing too much power to workers syndicates