@npub1kwar...e0nj @2babcc can you elaborate on what kind of false narratives I've pushed? That AOSP is already being dismantled? That was widely reported on tech outlets and I've been naive to share it without verifying myself. That's been amended. Everything else in the original post was quite factual. I mentioned a few names as possible alternatives, well aware of the tradeoffs, and well aware that GrapheneOS currently provides the best deal (and even saying that explicitly). And I said that in the long term I'd rather have a 100% FOSS solution both on the hardware and software side. Oh, and that relying on Google's goodwill is a liability (but that applies also to LineageOS and /e/, not only to you). Does anything in these statements justify 30 messages shouting "misinformation"? If you're triggered by anything that can be perceived as bad PR because you've been harassed in the past then I'm very sorry. But be aware that not everyone who brings up legitimate questions and opinions is in bad faith, and not everyone is aware of how entities who operate in this space may stab each other's backs. Lastly, I stand by my stance that using Linux-based systems doesn't mean being subject to Google's whims. For a simple reason. Google may be a major contributor to the kernel and the ecosystem around it, but it's not the only one. And it's not the one who has the last say (even if it's definitely a big stakeholder). Linus first and the Linux Foundation as a whole second have the last say. It's not perfect, but it's a different case from a private company technically accountable only to its management and its shareholders which has already been going on an erratic path for a while. That's what I mean as liability. And that's why I insist on a solution in the long term that doesn't rely on Google's (as in "entirely developed within Google as a business entity") hardware and software.
#Android is dead and we'd better all leave the ship before it sinks entirely. Earlier this year #Google already took bold steps in [moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors](), removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time. Options to unlock bootloaders on Android devices are also narrowing down. [Xiaomi removed the ability to unlock the bootloader entirely in MIUI in August]() (after months spent making it ridiculously difficult), [same for OnePlus](), [Samsung did so in July](), and probably Google devices will soon follow suit. And let's not mention the nightmare of the [Play Integrity API]() that forces all Android developers to register through the Play Store and use Google's signing keys, even if they don't intend to distribute their apps through it. Sure, officially Google has [taken a step back]() and has pledged to provide a way for developers and power-users to bypass those restrictions. But we can all expect it to be a cumbersome and change-prone process filled with ridiculous amounts of frictions at every step - and I wouldn't even expect such a morally bankrupt company to keep maintaining this "sideloading" option. Google once competed with Apple for customers. But in a world where Google walks away from the biggest antitrust trial since 1998 with yet another slap on the wrist, competition is dead, and Google is taking notes from Apple about what they can legally get away with. And the EU, the biggest opposer of its anti-competitive acts, is also becoming softer with Big Tech - both because Vestager has left the job, and because being soft with trillion-dollar monopolist tech titans is seen as a sign of being "technologically competitive". Your best bet is to purchase a Pixel 9a _now_, before more manufacturers decide to block bootloaders, and immediately flash it with #GrapheneOS. The long term plan would instead be to throw all of our efforts and energies on Linux phones. The folks at GrapheneOS are doing an amazing job and fighting against all kind of pressures, but at some point we should probably all just acknowledge that anything that is tainted with Android, or runs on a device intended only to run Android, is a liability, and we should no longer build solutions on top of hardware and software that we can no longer trust. Sailfish, PostmarketOS, UBPorts, MeeGo or whatever comes next must succeed. No matter the cost.