KDE supports the "Keep Android Open" campaign

[toadofsky@mastodon.social]

@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen Not to be rude, but as an average user/developer what's the issue at stake here?

[fdroidorg@floss.social]

@toadofsky @kde @keepandroidopen https://keepandroidopen.org/ has a section for users too.

Simple example, you want to install a nice app your friend made/recommended, you run stock Android, installation is rejected. The end.

[alephnumber@mastodon.social]

@Stem @kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen But this is the only thing we can do.

[scaletheory@mastodon.social]

@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen

Apple and Google, 2 choices for apps from where we sit, and both are partners in crime. END MONOPOLIES. Capitalism has become extortion when conglomerated.

Tear everything apart and build it from scratch, the entire system has been subverted to evil.

[kellictiger@tiggi.es]

@ambiguous_yelp @kde @olivenolje @plasmamobile

Not even remotely ready. I'd almost say its 10 years away but you need a foundation for it to run on. And the number of phones it can run on right now I can count on one hand. Which is not a good start. Classic chicken and the egg situation, sadly.

[flan@bonito.cafe]

@kde

Tokodon for Android? Where?

[9_bit@mastodon.social]

@flan @kde

Simply add the kde android repository to your fdroid and enjoy!

https://cdn.kde.org/android/stable-releases/fdroid/repo

I can recommend Tokodon (also) on android, i find is so much better than mastodon's official android client!

[olivenolje@mastodon.social]

@KellicTiger @ambiguous_yelp @kde @plasmamobile Actually, even if it goes against the concept of user freedom, I'd prefer all the efforts going into making Linux solid for a handful of phones, instead of trying to adapt the OS to many different brands and models.

Even better, exclusively work on something like the PinePhone and make it the flagship of Linux phones. Perhaps the Linux Mobile would then finally really take off?

[kilgoretrout@fedi.idesmi.eu]

@Stem
keepandroidopen.org has information about what you can do besides begging Google.
@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen

[gopherpete@techhub.social]

@ambiguous_yelp @olivenolje @kde @Stem I agree. I believe one solution is to start/continue to design hardware that's generic enough to do the job. Think dune buggies which are bare-bones but can move around quickly. Bolt on accessories as needed. Perhaps bring the #Permacomputing crowd in? Framework Computer style?

[far1925@misskey.id]

@kde@floss.social @flan@bonito.cafe KDE F-Droid Repo obviously. KDE rarely use Google Play to distribute.

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen lol so much drama in comment section

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Stem @kilgoretrout @kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen a super tank also need driver to run.. Just kill the driver and ur supertank will become useless

[jenx@toot.community]

@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen

[lepirelot@mastodon.social]

@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen It's time to have a Linux Mobile 100% functional as an alternative to Android.

[pankraz@freunde.ma-nic.de]

@kde @fdroidorg @lepirelot @keepandroidopen I am daily driving the #Librem5. How much more functional do you need it?

[okias@floss.social]

@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen How does Plasma Mobile fit into this? I thought Plasma Mobile positions itself as an alternative to Android, so I'm wondering why we don't hear much about it.

#Plasma #KDE

[kde@floss.social]

@okias @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen

It does. Albeit, many end users will find it hard to install and with not as many features or the stability of Android.

We are working hard on it and it has come a long way, but it may not be the drop-in substitute many users will be looking for quite yet.