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1. ycombi+Em[view] [source] 2025-08-25 20:13:35
>>kotaKa+(OP)
This is crazy. I can't install my own apps on my own phone anymore.

I am gonna start carrying around a laptop with a 5G modem instead.

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2. dingdi+tr[view] [source] 2025-08-25 20:42:30
>>ycombi+Em
I'm thinking it's time for a 2nd phone (in my case old one from cupboard) to become the regular daily GrapheneOS enabled driver and then keep a modern Google(tm) updated one at home for all the "official crap" whenever needed. That way I can also separate banking / paypal / etc. from my carry phone with all it's various apps that I trust to varying degrees.
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3. donmcr+2K[view] [source] 2025-08-25 22:25:57
>>dingdi+tr
This was the first thing that crossed my mind. If it’s not too much money and hassle I could buy a second device for GrapheneOS and tether to the cheapest phone I can get for the official ecosystem.

Really though, it doesn’t have enough impact for consumers. If I get unfairly banned as a developer, no one even notices because that’s nothing more than an opportunity for another developer to step in.

Individually we have no power :-(

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4. A4ET8a+TO[view] [source] 2025-08-25 22:57:51
>>donmcr+2K
Those are the moments I am starting to fantasize about starting a customer protection group that is sufficiently committed to follow through on organizing boycotts. Naturally, reality hits once you see average human on the road ( on a highway, full speed ). We might be lost a species.
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