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> And as a community project, eelo will welcome contributors.
Sure...oh, "will"...well, can I at least watch?
How quickly HN forgets. There are tons of Google-less Android builds. You can even run AOSP (Android Open Source Project) without Googles' binaries. When I want to use something without Google, I use CopperheadOS https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16030391
> Unless you are a geek, LineageOS is not realistically usable if you don't want Google inside
Why? LineageOS plus F-Droid with Firefox, OsmAnd~ and Conversations is surprisingly usable.
I agree it could get a bit more polish. But if Eelo is going to be a big effort, maybe he should try to go for a full Linux distro like Jolla sans the closed components. With stuff like Anbox (Android containers) it should be moderately easy to bootstrap an ecosystem.
Feels like we have enough Google-less Androids. I would rather a faster more minimal Android.
This is all possible on desktop linux, having that possibility on a rooted Android would make me switch back.
Feels like we have enough Google-less Androids. I would rather a faster more minimal Android.
I like competition, but regarding "Google-less Android alternative" why everyone want to do his own project when this is a niche market with few developers who want to use their time to do this, and even less in the long run? Why do people don't join their effort to put up something better, faster, safer?
Edit: I recently signed up for LinkedIn and it was outright scary which contacts I got suggested. There were people that don't have my email address nor have I ever been in electronic contact with - I just met them plenty of times in real life. Best explanation is that smartphones correlate location and/or bluetooth MAC addresses. In other words, my phone is spying on me. I don't see any reason to give this information to unknown 3rd parties without my consent.
Feels like we have enough Google-less Androids. I would rather a faster more minimal Android.
Or an android which can properly box apps, i.e. "Yes you can have access to my phonebook (because if I refuse you won't run at all..) but the container you are running in just gives you dummy entries", or not allowing internet access for certain apps. This is all possible on desktop linux, having that possibility on a rooted Android would make me switch back.
I like competition, but regarding "Google-less Android alternative" why everyone want to do his own project when this is a niche market with few developers who want to use their time to do this, and even less in the long run? Why do people don't join their effort to put up something better, faster, safer?
Because phones have in my opinion become a privacy nightmare. I think we all got used to it as the new normal because it happend in lots of tiny steps. However, 30 years ago people would have screamed at being constantly and at every step under surveillance, all their contacts recorded at every moment. I simply don't think that modern life with smartphones and internet must be like this. I'd like to have my private l…
I'm not saying he is wrong for doing this - I know of many competing projects, but nothing more. Maybe there is a good reason not to join them. However my guess is not invented here which holds us back.
I like competition, but regarding "Google-less Android alternative" why everyone want to do his own project when this is a niche market with few developers who want to use their time to do this, and even less in the long run? Why do people don't join their effort to put up something better, faster, safer?
Meanwhile, Windows is still king of the desktop and Android is king of mobile for years to come.
How quickly HN forgets. There are tons of Google-less Android builds. You can even run AOSP (Android Open Source Project) without Googles' binaries. When I want to use something without Google, I use CopperheadOS https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16030391
What makes you say HN has forgotten? The title is just copied from the article which describes another interesting sounding alternative.