Linux Phones

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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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We need to support Linux Phones development more now than ever based on recent news (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Beaver@lemmy.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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As Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled in the future. They’re going to eventually ban adblockers for chromium. We need to quickly respond with alternatives to android, we must end this market consolidation.

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Only issue is that you can't interact with most corporate services.. I want to see Linux phones succeed as well

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

What about, ubuntu mobile is that any good?

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Yes. This is the way!

[–] MHS@lemmy.wtf 1 points 4 months ago

I can't fucking agree more honestly. I already use LineageOS on my phones and not the stock ROMs that they come with, but even then, Google's way of locking you in with their "open-source" Android kernel is very annoying. Some of the most popular Android apps won't work because of their Safety-Net and Google Services dependencies. And let's not even get started on the dozens of binary blobs in the firmware that you can't get rid of if you want your phone to keep on working.

It's all so shitty. I'd drop my android phone for a Linux one in an instant if there's even a decent one out there that works reliably. It's so sad to see that it's just a niche yet for privacy obsessed people and that's it. It definitely needs more attention and funding.

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