In 166 days #Android will become a locked-down platform because Google wants to kill Android freedom.

[mro@digitalcourage.social]

Hi @Tutanota,
btw.: anybody remember the #reader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader rugpull? Killed the #blogosphere and gave rise to #platform​s

[silverarrows@autistics.life]

@Tutanota I just want non-Google Linux phones to become mainstream. Since android is based on Linux anyway, most apps should work or be easy to port?

I would love to be able to root my phone, but some of us just suck at these things and it's not worth the risk of bricking our devices. I wish we could have off the shelf Linux phones that don't require advanced tech skills to use or set up.

#LinuxPhone

[beastfellow@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota after the post of scanning of emails by large corps. I compared the email services and finally made #proton-mail account.

[verenarupp@social.vivaldi.net]

@Tutanota Is this global, or does it only affect certain countries?

[connynasch@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota sign the petition

[akamran@indieweb.social]

@Tutanota just gave Google this comment:
"Many of the apps I use on a daily, nay HOURLY basis come from F-droid and elsewhere. That is why I have always bought an Android phone, so I could do that. If I can't do that in the future, there's no reason not to buy an Apple product. Ask Samsung how they feel about that, why don't you?"

[falcennial@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota wait a second... Android had freedom?

I thought Android was always corporate owned. which is the opposite of freedom.

[budududuroiu@hachyderm.io]

@Tutanota Google doesn't have to keep Android Open, there's nothing stopping them from taking a massive dump on AOSP.

I hope Google locks down Android so people will be funnelled into actually open mobile OSes

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@VerenaRupp @Tutanota after 2026 globally or maybe after 2026 September

[seq@infosec.exchange]

@budududuroiu @Tutanota Yeah, if only there actually were some open ones that you could use for everyday things like paying bills, confirming purchases and general banking errands... I don't think you realise the chokehold Apple and Google has on all of this around the world.