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@alienghic it literally is, but it’s pretty clear y’all want to die on that hill so who am I to stop you?

People have been trying to bring Linux devices to the commercial forefront and it will never happen, it will always be a niche for the tech savvy, Android and iOS rule the market and that’s not going to change any time soon.

All because Google wants developers to identify themselves, if you think using a Linux device is winning, I would hate to see what you consider losing.

@benroyce @skulesz@mastodon.social @purism How long am I supposed to wait until gatekeepers like yourself allow me to speak? Would my comment be any more/less accurate if I had been here for ten years with 1000 followers? No, only petty, ignorant people like yourself use such silly metrics.

How is Linux doing? It’s still on the outside looking in, clown. Only tech savvy people use it, most still use a Mac or PC, just like most cell phone users use Android or iOS. ‍️

@skulesz @janvlug@mastodon.social @purism Pretty sure I already answered that.

If you’re using a device that isn’t compatible with Android or iOS products, you just hobbled your overall experience because you think you’re free to use a Linux phone when all you actually did was lock yourself behind a bigger wall. ‍️

Hell, you would be better off with a basic flip phone if that’s all you do, why spend money on a device that will never catch on?

@janvlug @purism you’re walling yourself off from the 99%of the planet that still uses one or the other.

I am absolutely amazed at how bad y’all are willing to hobble your mobile experience because you think that makes you free.

@janvlug I wouldn’t call walling yourself off from the rest of the world, freedom, but you do you..‍️

@tillbtc @Epic_Null @AAKL @theregister @lproven I have forgotten more about android then you’ll ever know. You’re the one talking about running your own software, I am simply pointing out that your software is still using Google’s to function.

@tillbtc @Epic_Null @AAKL @theregister @lproven degoogled software is still AOSP, so you’re still using their software. ‍️

Even graphene uses AOSP so they are also using Google’s software.

@tillbtc @AAKL @Epic_Null @theregister @lproven nothing, but Android users have gotten used to a certain level of freedom and they think this in some way hinders that..‍️

@AAKL @tillbtc @Epic_Null @theregister @lproven it’s still “open by default “, you just have to identify yourself first, not a big deal.

@tillbtc @Epic_Null @AAKL @theregister @lproven I highly doubt it would be that easy. If custom roms can keep pirated apps from installing, Google can stop you from installing unauthorized apps.

@Epic_Null you may not be using their store but you’re still using their software and if they want developers to identify themselves, regardless of where you downloaded the app, that is well within their right to do so.

It’s not like you’re being restricted as to what you can and can’t install, they just want to verify who you are downloading and installing it from first.

If anyone should be complaining, it’s the developers not the users..‍️

@tillbtc @AAKL @theregister @lproven I really don’t understand the issue if all they are asking for is developer ID’s. Apple/google does a fairly good job keeping bad apps out of the store, this just reinforces the belief that if the developer had to give their proper ID in order to sell their product in the store, they would be less inclided to upload malicious apps.