StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down16
arrow-up1465arrow-down1external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareRinseChessBacked@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 months agoAre there currently any viable alternatives to Android and iPhone?
minus-squareardi60@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agothe easiest path would be Chinese phones without GMS like Huawei,OPPO,vivo,Xiaomi,Honor
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoDidn’t they ban Huawei phones in the US
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·2 months agoYes, they banned Huawei in the free market.
minus-square鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBanned from selling, but its not illegal to possess one (at least for the time being), so you could still import it (and hope that customs doesn’t make up excuses to consfiscate it upon the package’s arrival).
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoOr use graphene os without google play services. No google play, no restrictions.
Are there currently any viable alternatives to Android and iPhone?
the easiest path would be Chinese phones without GMS like Huawei,OPPO,vivo,Xiaomi,Honor
Didn’t they ban Huawei phones in the US
Yes, they banned Huawei in the free market.
Banned from selling, but its not illegal to possess one (at least for the time being), so you could still import it (and hope that customs doesn’t make up excuses to consfiscate it upon the package’s arrival).
Or use graphene os without google play services. No google play, no restrictions.