sanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 days agoYour phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…keepandroidopen.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareReza Hosseinzadeh@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoWill it effect free custom ROMs like lineage?
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoNot directly, but they’ve been making other moves to make life difficult for such users — such as significantly delaying releasing the open source parts they’re supposed to, potentially leaving users on insecure versions for far longer.
minus-squareother_cat@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThey’re also planning to roll out captchas on websites that only work with Android or iOS.
Will it effect free custom ROMs like lineage?
Not directly, but they’ve been making other moves to make life difficult for such users — such as significantly delaying releasing the open source parts they’re supposed to, potentially leaving users on insecure versions for far longer.
They’re also planning to roll out captchas on websites that only work with Android or iOS.