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KDE supports the "Keep Android Open" campaign
#Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.
Many KDE apps are deployed for Android: KDE Connect, Itinerary, Tokodon, and there's even a test version of Krita for Android.
KDE calls on Google to reverse course and @keepandroidopen.
keepandroidopen.org/open-lette…
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.keepandroidopen.org
@okias
It does. Albeit, many end users will find it hard to install and with not as many features or the stability of Android.
We are working hard on it and it has come a long way, but it may not be the drop-in substitute many users will be looking for quite yet.
Spread this post and, if you are the maintainer of a software project with versions for Android, please join us and sign the open letter:
keepandroidopen.org/open-lette…
An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution
keepandroidopen.org@olivenolje
It costs a missed opportunity to give more appropriate advice: stay away from google and use more private community forks of android that if I understand correctly will not be affected by googles papers please app ecosystem.
A strategy focusing on begging tech giants to not do the will of capital is basically lying to the public that there is a chance this can work.
In theory yes the open letter is a nice thing to have regardless of how google reacts because then we have something to point to how google is ignoring public opinion - but it needs to be presented with heavy caveats and we need to focus on getting average people out of googles grip so they don't hold this much power over us
#Google #Android #Capitalism
@ambiguous_yelp @olivenolje
Oh! We agree. That's what @plasmamobile is all about. However, realistically PlaMo is not ready for the general public yet, despite how hard we are working on it.
If we could get the sort of support regular Plasma has, the story would be VERY different. But PlaMo is still niche.
@olivenolje @plasmamobile
I hadn't heard until Plasma Mobile until now, I had only heard of the pinephone one. I am excited to hear more about the project development in the future!
#KDE #PlasmaMobile #Linux #Pinephone
short:
linux mobile has roughly three ui options.
1 plasma mobile.
2 phosh.
3 gnome-mobile.
@ambiguous_yelp @olivenolje @plasmamobile
Not even remotely ready. I'd almost say its 10 years away but you need a foundation for it to run on. And the number of phones it can run on right now I can count on one hand. Which is not a good start. Classic chicken and the egg situation, sadly.
@KellicTiger
I would base phone purchasing decisions on it but bigger priorities are avoiding conflict materials and modularity so I will stick with fairphone until I find something better
#Fairphone
@KellicTiger @ambiguous_yelp @plasmamobile Actually, even if it goes against the concept of user freedom, I'd prefer all the efforts going into making Linux solid for a handful of phones, instead of trying to adapt the OS to many different brands and models.
Even better, exclusively work on something like the PinePhone and make it the flagship of Linux phones. Perhaps the Linux Mobile would then finally really take off?
@PerryPeak @ambiguous_yelp @olivenolje @plasmamobile
The preferred test hardware is OnePlus 6 and 6t these days.
@PerryPeak ah yes I keep mixing that up and thinking pinephone have their own distro
#Pinephone #Linux #LinuxMobile
Or is the limiting factor the lack of contributors?
@olivenolje @ambiguous_yelp @plasmamobile
Very much both. Also finding more hardware support. In that respect, we must not forget about the great work the people at @postmarketOS are doing! They help us get PlaMo on to more phones, giving us more space in which to grow.
@Stem
No. But to keep the mouth shut and let it happen quietly is not an option.
@kde @fdroidorg @keepandroidopen
What about you?
@GrapheneOS @CoMaps @signalapp @thunderbird @lfeurope @linuxfoundation
Sign the Petition
Brian Wahl (Change.org)@toadofsky keepandroidopen.org/ has a section for users too.
Simple example, you want to install a nice app your friend made/recommended, you run stock Android, installation is rejected. The end.
Keep Android Open
keepandroidopen.orgApple and Google, 2 choices for apps from where we sit, and both are partners in crime. END MONOPOLIES. Capitalism has become extortion when conglomerated.
Tear everything apart and build it from scratch, the entire system has been subverted to evil.
Imagine people thinking they live in a #democracy when corporations make major decisions affecting people's lives, based purely on maximizing profit.
@fdroidorg @keepandroidopen @PhoenixSerenity
@flan
Simply add the kde android repository to your fdroid and enjoy!
cdn.kde.org/android/stable-rel…
I can recommend Tokodon (also) on android, i find is so much better than mastodon's official android client!
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