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Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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Not sure how I should feel about this, if I should support the cause to keep android "open" (when it's everything but), or if I should be happy that this piece of shit OS finally shows it's true colours and people (including me) will finally be forced to find an alternative or stop using this trashware all together.
And hopefully developers finally get serious about GNU/Linux phones.
I understand, but there's a good argument that android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don't get good.
The death of android as an "open" platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.
I meant that it would die as an "open" platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.