It is seriously past time to have another serious Linux OS compete with Android.
I’ve never used an iPhone, been a die hard android user since the beginning, but I might switch because of this. I don’t care about AI and don’t want it on my phone.
I just keep getting happier and happier with my choice to use GrapheneOS.
Lmao I have ad free YouTube, twitch, and reddit. Not giving that up because I’m scared of an app
I don’t need AI in my f*ing phone! It’s just a phone, FFS!
Who uses their phone to be just a phone these days?
I’d say the phone part is the least used of my phone.
Raises hand — my phone is primarily for communicating with other people. When I want a computer, I have my desktop for that, or if it’s too big to take with me then I’ll have my laptop.
The only other thing it’s commonly used for is music/podcasts. And once a week or so I’ll take a photo.
Sure, I don’t make as many voice calls as I used to, but text communication counts if you ask me - cell phones have had that feature since 1992.
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I never use the phone part of my personal pocket computer.
If it’s “just a phone”, it’s not running Android. No Android that I ever heard of is “just a phone”.
What I meant is that I use it just as a phone (a bit more useful yes).
Calls, sms/messages/emails, music and some pictures rarely.
That’s it.Then you can save a lot of money next time and buy something like a Nokia 2760. It does all of those for like $30.
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There’s a larger problem though, Google both owns and controls AOSP. Of course, chances of them making it closed or introducing their proprietary services into it are extremely small, but they still are the captain who steers the ship.
If they’ll decide to embed AI (in some open source form), many derivatives like Graphene and LOS may have to suck it and follow through as the more you change your fork away from source code, the harder it becomes to maintain for small team of enthusiast devs.
