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[return to "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"]
1. rkager+DA[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:32:54
>>kotaKa+(OP)
I've grown increasingly hateful towards both my Android and iOS devices over the last decade. The platforms themselves are increasingly user-hostile, and their appstores are crammed full of shitty, privacy-invading, telemetry-hoovering, dopamine-triggering, ad-filled, lipstick-covered apps that are often garbage compared to the pioneering days of mobile. I miss the days of my old Palm Pilot.

Is anyone working on fixing this? We can do so much better.

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2. foobar+5D[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:48:11
>>rkager+DA
Vollo from German is one https://volla.online/. They sell a nice set of devices that run either a custom Android or Ubuntu Touch. Their custom Android has a nice bunch of UI and privacy features.

Fairphone from the Netherlands is another https://www.fairphone.com/

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3. tremon+HQ[view] [source] 2025-08-25 23:10:10
>>foobar+5D
Another one is https://murena.com/ which (IIRC) is based in France. They don't have their own hardware though, they sell partner phones with their ROM preinstalled.
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