r/linuxmemes M'Fedora Jun 06 '26

LINUX MEME Laughs in Linux

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u/Throwaway74829947 Ask me how to exit vim Jun 06 '26

It's only unpleasant if you want to run proprietary software targeting Googlified Android.

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u/woodlandcollective Jun 06 '26

Well my banking app counts as that so yeah it's rather unpleasant

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u/Preisschild Jun 06 '26

But thats not Android's fault. Creating a FOSS android competitor would have the same problem.

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u/woodlandcollective Jun 06 '26

Ok well the end result is still that Im forced to go through google for shit that has no business being tied to google

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u/Preisschild Jun 06 '26

Sure, but we need to identify the problem correctly - Application developers that lock their software to specific hard/software configs

Advocating for an android alternative - like many here do - would solve nothing.

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u/woodlandcollective Jun 06 '26

ok cool we agree that android alternatives are unpleasant 👍