my plan is not updating my phone until the google plan is reversed.
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
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There hasn't been anything Google on my phone for a while now, so I'll first wait and see how they regain control over my phone :D
the ":D" really made the comment, its like the "this is fine" meme, but simplified to 2 characters xD
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Burn google down
I'm not sure really.
I like the idea of alternatives like a Linux phone OS or a custom ROM like Graphene, but I also hate the idea of needing to faff around with my phone to make it work how I want it to.
We'll have to see how they implement it first. If it's just through Play Protect, I'm fine as I'm already not using that. If not, guess I'll have to make-do with a Linux phone.
Hopefully GrapheneOS can be my solution since I've got a Pixel 7a, but I first need to move over all my 2FA accounts because Twilio Authy does not work on GrapheneOS 😭
FYI, Aegis works on GrapheneOS if you need a recommendation (in terms of an app for 2FA).
1 plus for Aegis.
Backup all your codes to an encrypted file you can do whatever you want with.
No cloud, no "automagic", no obfuscation.
True peace of mind.
The ban is only in Brazil, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Terrible, and those are some of the bigger markets, but I am not affected in a years time. I will have to see more as we approach the date on working around it.
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If this actually happens, my next phone will probably be a dumb phone, unless I can find a true linux phone.
PinePhone?
Get a Fairphone. Install Lineage on my current phone, install Linux on the Fairphone.
Well, I don't like throwing away devices I can still do something with, so I'm going to keep using the android devices I have until they stop working. After that, I'm not actually sure. I don't want to completely give up on mobile gaming because I do like having an easy way to play games away from home, but I haven't found a good alternative yet. Mobile Linux devices either aren't worth their price or, if they are, I have no way to purchase them.
I would just install a mobile Linux distro onto newer android devices but on top of the fact that you can't just install Linux onto android devices like you can on PCs, I've heard that, at least with some manufactures, that's soon to be impossible as well.
Not updating my phone for now. Installing a custom ROM on my next phone
I think the only thing I sideload is AdGuard, and they're already verified. So it shouldn't really affect me.
I'm still against it on principal.
Use whatever I have for now, with less and less apps. Turn the device off when I am not using it. Start experimenting with project boards with modem cards.
OG iPad with a Bluetooth headset would have been a goto mobile device for most things in size, battery life, cellular reception. Never happened, of course, when they could sell you 30 devices kneecapped in various ways instead. So if what I end up building is a bit large, that is just fine.
I'm probably going to have get a separate phone for work, need a few apps that I don't foresee working on a Linux phone anytime soon.
"The apps don't work on my phone" won't fly as an excuse lol, and I like my job most days.
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I've been meaning to get around to installing GrapheneOS on my phone (Pixel 7 pro) for a while now. I'll make sure my next phone has a LineageOS ROM available.
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I haven't fully researched that topic yet but should I be safe with e/os?
For now... Google is developing AOSP more and more behind closed doors, which is more troubling for other Android based OS's. So even if e/OS is not (much) effected by this 'sideloading' thing, other choices Google makes will destroy something at some point.
If Google is going to build this "sideload protection" in the core of Android, this is going to be very bad, even for e/OS.
Fuck Google.
Have two phones: one rooted with a custom ROM and the other one for banking. 🤷♂️
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