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[–] CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz 56 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Google having their own proprietary crap embedded in their version doesnt make AOSP not FOSS.

Thats the entirety of the basis for things like GrapheneOS, despite Google gobbling it up.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 29 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Not technically no, though neither does it fully embrace the spirit of FOSS either. Anyway I was explaining the appearance of those two being at odds with one another in the meme. Anyone who does not enjoy meme content can simply block this community and move on with the serious side of life.:-)

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

it can always be forked as a project that does. this is part of the point of foss and why you should be using lineage or graphene instead if you care about this

[–] helpmyusernamewontfi 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

yeah, again, just like Chromium technically speaking.

Let's use the lesser, Foss version of Google's product so they can continue to have a monopoly, so then later they can force you to install a proprietary blob or account apps or services need.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

nothing lesser about grapheneos or lineageos at all.

but im all ears if you have a usable alternative for a foss phone.

[–] helpmyusernamewontfi 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

nothing lesser about grapheneos or lineageos at all.

iirc there are problems with trying to use some mainstream apps on these operating systems. When I say lesser I don't mean to demean them, I mean they're the lesser used and not really known about alternative and thus not really supported unless you can live your life in f-droid which if so, kudos to you, you're livin' the dream.

but im all ears if you have a usable alternative for a foss phone.

https://postmarketos.org/

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

postmarket is way more of a dream than fdroid rn.

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