Google Unveils New Process for Installing Unverified Android Apps It’s no secret that Google really doesn’t like it that people are installing Android applications from any other source than the Play Store. Last year they proposed locking everyone into …read more

Congratulations, #Google. You've just tipped the scales for me where installing #GrapheneOS is less of a hassle than continuing to deal with your #enshittification of #Android/ #AOSP.

hackaday.com/2026/03/20/google-unveil...

I think this is the weekend I install #GrapheneOS onto my #Pixel8Pro.
#Android #AOSP #sideloading #Google #apps

I don't recognize the Android I fell in love with anymore Android has shifted under our eyes over the last 18 years, from open and free to dozens of obstacles and restrictions. Was it a victim of its own success?

I don’t recognize the Android I fell in love with anymore Old Android is dead. Long live new Android! Back in 2010 or so, when Android was still trying to establish itself as a worldwide mobile p...

#Features #Android #Android #apps #AOSP #Google

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Google убивает независимый Android. Обращение и 19 аргументов против насильной регистрации разработчиков https://keepand

#Android #регистрация #разработчиков #KYC #Google #открытый #Android #F-Droid #KeepAndroidOpen #AOSP #обязательная

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Google убивает независимый Android. Обращение и 19 аргументов против насильной регистрации разработчиков https://keepand

#Android #регистрация #разработчиков #KYC #Google #открытый #Android #F-Droid #KeepAndroidOpen #AOSP #обязательная

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39.377 tracking attempts by apps and websites blocked on my Murena phone with /e/OS in the past 30 days!

#privacy #opensource #democracy #freedom #FOSS #Europe #AOSP #Android #eOS #Murena

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Ich habe mir mal das technische Konzept zum #EUDI_wallet angeguckt. Soll ja in #OpenSource und ohne #tracking kommen. Das müssen dann wohl #Google und #Apple übernehmen, ohne deren OS die App dann laut […]

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Motorola announces partnership with Graphene OS to bring us secure phones!

motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-s...

So the mysterious manufacturer GOS was working with was Motorola, not OnePlus as early speculations suggested. This is good news, Motorola is owned […]

European Alternatives to Android: Operating Systems and Phones - Dev Problems In a world dominated by Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, European companies and developers are actively working to provide alternative mobile ecosystems that respect privacy, encourage open-source de...

www.devproblems.com/european-alt...

#BuyEU #BuyEuropean #Android #AOSP #mobile #Murena #eOS @murena-com.bsky.social

Stock Android, especially OEM, is indeed tons of spyware in a box.

iOS is similar, on top Apple forbids any FOSS.

Do you know about #AOSP? Lots of projects provide ROMs with AOSP-based Android where they only bundle bare basics and users can choose what to install.
My pinned 🧵 is all about that. 💪

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Please do support this online petition: Keep #Android open:
https://c.org/qPnjjGXMCJ

If we lose Android as an open #FOSS platform, you don't have any options left to avoid #megacorps and how they exploit your #privacy and #money.

Yes, this is really important.

#GrapheneOS #FDroid #LineageOS […]

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Hey nerds!!

If you care about keeping Android an open platform, please take a look at Keep Android Open. Google has **NOT** backed down from forbidding sideloading on Android and will be doing so this year in September. It's important that users do everything they can to not let that happen […]

Android Developer Verification: Das Ende für Android Sideloads? Die Android Developer Verification will von Google nicht zertifizierte Apps unterbinden. Liegt darin eine Chance für alternative mobile Betriebssysteme?

Android Developer Verification: Das Ende für Android Sideloads? linuxnews.de/android-deve... #aosp #linux #linuxnewsds/

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Pour tous ceux qui voudraient envoyer une plainte au bureau de la concurrence du #Canada concernant le mouvement #KeepAndroidOpen Faites bouger les choses!

Courriel : info@competitionbureau.gc.ca
docs.proton.me/doc?mode=ope...

#FOSS #FDroid #Android #AOSP #OpenSource #Linux

Anyone can build their own Android OS using AOSP 🔓

Skills you need:
→ C/C++ — kernel & system code
→ Java/Kotlin — framework & apps
→ Bash/Python — build scripts

And yes — Android runs on the Linux kernel 🐧

#Android #AOSP #Linux #OpenSource

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Wait, #Google did not include the new #Android 16 QPR2 Desktop Mode in the #AOSP ? And that is why it is not included in #LineageOS 23.2 ?

I don't know which swearwords to use in order to express my disappointment.
Well, one more reason to dislike Google and encourage people to #deGoogle their […]

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Secondo analisi tecniche indipendenti, la maggior parte degli #smartphone commerciali integra servizi con privilegi di sistema che raccolgono #telemetria e dati di utilizzo in modo continuativo.
#GrapheneOS nasce proprio per rispondere a questa criticità, ridefinendo la base del […]

The DNA Test: Android vs. Linux — Same Kernel, Different Species · DroidKernel Android runs on the Linux kernel—but it isn’t “a Linux distro” in the GNU/Linux sense. A systems-level look at where the shared DNA ends: userland, libraries, runtime, security model, graphics stack, ...

Android isn’t “Linux with a UI.” It’s Linux with a different biology: kernel roots + mobile-specific evolution. I did a DNA test.
droidkernel.com/posts/droidk...
#Android #Linux #AOSP #Kernel #DroidKernel

Lilbits: MSI Cubi mini PC with Intel Panther Lake, LineageOS 23.2, and an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator During CES, MSI unveiled the Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG mini PC with support for up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 Panther Lake processor. Now the company has started teasing an impending launch, promising to deliver a little computer with support for up to four displays, dual 2.5 Gigabit network ports, and AI capabilities, among other things. One thing to know is that these little computers will 

Lilbits: MSI Cubi mini PC with Intel Panther Lake, LineageOS 23.2, and an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator #Android, #Aosp, #Argon40, #Argon40OneUp, #CustomRoms, #Lapdock, #Lilbits, #Lineageos, #Minipc, #MsiCubi, #MsiCubiNucAiPlus3mg, #Picoide, #RaspberryPi, #RaspberryPiLaptop

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Lilbits: MSI Cubi mini PC with Intel Panther Lake, LineageOS 23.2, and an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator During CES, MSI unveiled the Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG mini PC with support for up to an Intel ...

#News #android #aosp #argon40 #argon40 #one #up #custom […]

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If you love Android because it’s Linux, this is your next read.
Step-by-step Pixel unlock + root + C labs (legal + practical).
a.co/d/092f1WXR | droidkernel.com
#Android #Linux #Pixel #AOSP #Magisk #Root #AndroidDev #FOSS

I wonder how many of the people that are posting about European digital sovereignty and about open source today have a European and/or open-source operating system on their own smartphones, tablets and PCs....

#opensource #privacy #DigitalSovereignty #aosp #linux #europe

[gt-5110] which Odin? Hi, I'm helping in a repair cafe. Someone brought a gt-5110 which is not usable with stock rom because the browser is too old and complained about expired ssl certificates... Hence I tried to flash some Android 6 custom rom (e.g...

Somebody with an old Samsung Tab 2 (gt-5110)? What to do with it in 2026?
I've tried to install #customRom but it didn't work...
https://xdaforums.com/t/gt-5110-which-odin.4777452/

#odin #repair #hardware #lineageOS #AOSP

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How to Contribute to AOSP (Android Open Source Project) How to Contribute to AOSP (Android Open Source Project) Contributing to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is a great way to learn large...

#androiddev #aosp #android-app-development #open-source #android

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#Digital #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Aosp #customrom #linux #android

@murena-com.bsky.social @linuxmint.bsky.social @kde.org

Making the Digital Markets Act Developer-Friendly Big Tech restrictions on app stores and operating systems put small developers at risk, write Lucas Lasota, Dario Presutti and Jithendra Palepu.

This autumn, we took part in a soon-to-be-published study regarding #Google’s control over #interoperability in #AOSP.

In particular, the study focused on how the company's limiting access to critical interoperability can hinder Free Software projects.

www.techpolicy.press/making-the-d...

"Sits in billions of phones"
Not cos their owners installed it. But cos it's forced onto them by the OEM, by Google, by Apple.

It's not in my #AOSP -based phone, for example.

About time people got a proper choice of what they installed on the computer they use most, that follows them everywhere.

I have a Fairphone 5. Which degoogled OS should I install on it?

Would appreciate it if you have real world experience actually installing the OS you recommend. It's really difficult, in my experience.

#degoogle #aosp #fairphone

2026 Will Be The Year Of Android Forks. Here’s Why Google’s AOSP Changes Actually Help Google just announced it will stop releasing AOSP every quarter — now it’s every 6 months. Combined with antitrust rulings in EU and…

Google's moving AOSP to bi-yearly releases. Vendors don't care.

But EU/Mexico antitrust rulings + Google layoffs + recession = 2026 might be the Year of Android Forks.

tomaszs2.medium.com/2026-will-be...

#Android #AOSP