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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Anyone even remotely privacy or security conscious needs to vote with their wallet in protest and stop buying Android phones, otherwise it's only a matter of time 'til Google bans side-loading and it becomes impossible to buy a phone that can run any kind of anonymous or end-to-end encrypted communication software.

>>logicc+Fv
I'm curious what you think the alternative is, because Apple is definitely a lot worse, and we all know they're very much a duopoly.

BTW, all the GrapheneOS, etc. are still Android phones.

>>gigel8+Sv
I'm curious if GrapheneOS or other custom Android builds would be able to avoid these restrictions reasonably.

Obviously this is going to impact the supply of apps, since the market share of custom Android is smaller than even the market share of people willing to sideload or use an alternative store on a mainstream Android phone. Many developers might quit the game.

>>goda90+dx
The problem with custom ROMs is that many government, banking, and similar apps don't run on them without workarounds. Some of those apps also consider this as a TOS violation as well.

>>myster+sz
I don’t use any utility apps (identity, banking, services etc) on my phone and stick to the desktop web. And don’t use services that do require me to have a Google or apple account and phone. (Spoiler: I do)

I hope my tiny datapoint shows up in some aggregated stats somewhere.

It’s use-it-or-lose-it.