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What will you do after Android starts restricting FOSS apps? (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I mostly use apps installed from F-Droid, so I’m not sure how I’ll use the phone, except that it’s sometimes required as a contact method.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Continue using a custom ROM.

If more brands start locking down their devices I'll have a conundrum, and it'll start being about antique hunting. More apps requiring an "approved" OS would also do it, but geopolitics will stop that from going too far in the near future.