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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse (jacobin.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by JairajDevadiga@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you can install Android apps including Google Play on it natively

What whaaaat? I didn't know this! Thanks for the tip

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah how the hell do you do this?

[–] Canuck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Waydroid, Anbox, etc

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which do you recommend? How well does it work? :)

[–] Westlyroots@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Waydroid, it's the wayland continuation of anbox. From what I've seen and used, it's very good. It's good enough for most mobile apps including gaming. Some linux phone manufacturers even make it a point to integrate waydroid by default to allow you to use android apps just fine

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hell yeah, now I can waste my time on DuoLingo outside of the toilet!!