The grim future for LineageOS and custom Android ROMs

[biketool]

I posted somethnig related…
It started with removing the ublock from chrome store, then they locked it out of the browser, now you can get ungoogled chromium with ublock and it still works like chrome. SO they have to snip out fdroid and only allow approved apps.

@biketool

quote:”Because the Android phone makers now have to offer longer support for their phones, they are being pushed toward a business model based on the collection of users’ personal data that is used for targeted advertising and the training of AI. While the old business model based on hardware sales and planned obsolescence was horrible for the environment, the new business model is going to be horrible in terms of personal privacy.”

As for unlocked or unlockable bootloader one consequence of a truly user owned device is that the user CAN put their own bootloader lock and report as locked, maybe a PGP hash to an ident server if you like, as well as owning the various firmwares, FOSS drivers for all components, and a fully owned bootup chain to the FOSS OS.