#Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg@floss.social and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.
Many KDE apps are deployed for Android: KDE Connect, Itinerary, Tokodon, and there’s even a test version of Krita for Android.
KDE calls on Google to reverse course and @keepandroidopen@techhub.social.
https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
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We seriously need more alternatives to Android
We need more OSes that support cheap phones available in third world countries instead of mid-range phones in first world countries.
Support Sailfish OS.
Sailfish is great if you live in Europe and are able to buy a Sony phone. I used it for a few years in the UK and I’d love to continue to use it in Australia, but Telstra has decided to disable phones bought overseas; Sony doesn’t directly sell phones here, so I’m out of luck😢
I really do feel like asking “pretty please” is not a good solution to this problem.
I might prefer an actual Linux phone (provided it works), but I’d be more than happy to settle for Android that is fully divorced from Google.
That’s why we are working Plasma Mobile. But it is far from ready for primetime unfortunately.
I think you posted it twice on the community
Hmmm… I can only see it once…
maybe it’s a federation problem, nvm
