The year of the Linux mobile is coming.
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
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It's nice, and good to see more of a push. However, I think kill switches for at least microphone and camera should be the new default. It's absolutely ridiculous to walk around with an internet connected mic and a camera that looks at your face whenever you look at your phone. Personally, I'll never carry a phone around anymore that doesn't have mics and cameras desoldered or there's a kill switch. For the back camera a cover with a slide is fine, but doesn't really work with the front part.
I want to believe, I really do. But I fear that the crypto apps people have grown dependent on will make it harder than the desktop battle. And IDK but I seem to recall every year since at least 2001 being proclaimed to be the year of the Linux desktop.
I rely on my banking apps (plural), governmental email app, government authentificator app and the governmental LMS app for public schools to make my everyday function. And the last time I tried just a custom ROM, those apps refused to run.
IS THAT A FUCKING HEADPHONE JACK!?
Let's go 🔥🔥🔥
Sign me the fuck up!
The specs look quite decent, and it even has an SD card slot. I really would love to get away from android.
Neat! And a removable battery.
Debian too! Always liked me some Debian, super stable.
I'm not giving up my off the market pixel dungeon mods.
okay well goodbye Google, then
what's the alternative here?
now it's just a race for the giant conglomerates to make the worst decisions for consumers
Is this only google phones or all of android?
Anything that "officially" has the google play store.
Sucks. Thanks.
Are you kidding me? How am I supposed to live in this damn Orwellian society that is coming?
Look up Microsoft in the early 90s and how we all got through it.
tbf, we all got through it by just going to other platforms. now there’s almost no other platforms to go to because big tech either pressures them until they fold, or sell to them and become part of their umbrella as some shill company or they remain independent but still use big tech software to run their backend, so your info ends up going to them anyway.
i think in the future, everyone will be forced into surveillance by default and those who don’t will have to either pay dearly for privacy or learn how to program their own security. checkout project gideon that’s already getting pitched to the united states government and other governments from israel. it’s literally that show “person of interest” plus
That’s just it. You’re not supposed to live. You’re supposed to be controlled.
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The EU's been breathing down Apple's neck for them trying to do similar shit, so i find the timing kinda weird.
Plus they'd need to force-update their spyware first, i wonder how many versions of android they're willing to go back.
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