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@EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie

2026-09-30 06:29 UTC

#Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It The #Android story is a warning: when you depend on a platform built by a company whose interests diverge from yours, you eventually lose. The solution is not a different Big Tech provider, it is infrastructure built on fundamentally different principles. https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/03/google-closing-android-ecosystem/

Replies (10)

  • @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie the only option to get around google on android, is to buy an google phone. where is the alternative?

    Open ##5062249

  • @gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-09-30 07:54

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie This is surveillance. Only. Justifications. For surveillance.

    Open ##5062258

  • @TrickTim@mstdn.social 2026-09-30 08:01

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie Is that graphic meant to say "CHOOSING" or "CLOSING"? Either way, F Google.

    Open ##5062259

  • @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie Anyway, when you ask an AI to draw an hand in your ad, specify that human hands typically have five fingers. Just to say.

    Open ##5062272

  • @digipooch@lgbtqia.space 2026-09-30 08:31

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie I'm glad pixel union has decided to take action... ... by using ai....

    Open ##5062273

  • @connynasch@mastodon.social 2026-09-30 09:53

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie yahoo did not like this connection and sent 3 attempts to the spam folder, so if you need to verify your approval - check the spam! Bloody hell - it was very irritating😠

    Open ##5062275

  • @Csdevai@mastodon.social 2026-09-30 10:16

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie 🤯

    Open ##5062278

  • @dfx4509b@friendica.world 2026-09-30 11:06

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie And now they're trying to do the same to desktops with Googlebooks. If Google gets their way and Googlebooks actually take off, your future PC could be as locked down as your current phone is about to be.

    Open ##5062285

  • @pait@mastodon.social 2026-09-30 11:41

    @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie Apple has always been more honest about it. If you don't want a closed systems, look elsewhere.

    Open ##5062286

  • @xelfer@mastodon.uno 2026-09-30 18:00

    Reading the calls to sign the petition and resist what’s happening on F-Droid made me reflect again. Could this latest abuse, rather than ending something, be a chance to begin something better? What Google is doing is disgraceful, and we must resist. They’re pushing too far, so I hope the string snaps. Mine did long ago. I truly hope this is the moment when a genuinely different, independent smartphone OS finally comes into existence.

    Open ##5062291