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minus-square@dragnucslink14•11 months agoThat is absolutely not a blow to ROMs by any means. There are plenty of good alternatives. For messaging, alternatives are even better. Dialer apps are just basic ones buy they do exists.
minus-square@ISOmorph@feddit.delinkfedilink17•11 months agoI do think it will have ramifications in the long run. Google is slowly closing the Android source. At some point it will affect core functions.
minus-square@Prunebutt@feddit.delinkfedilink4•edit-211 months agoLet’s hope that Linux Phone OSes will be able to be daily drivers until then.
minus-square@dragnucslink2•11 months agoThat is why we need to work towards having postmarketOs and similarprojectso going.
That is absolutely not a blow to ROMs by any means. There are plenty of good alternatives. For messaging, alternatives are even better. Dialer apps are just basic ones buy they do exists.
I do think it will have ramifications in the long run. Google is slowly closing the Android source. At some point it will affect core functions.
Let’s hope that Linux Phone OSes will be able to be daily drivers until then.
That is why we need to work towards having postmarketOs and similarprojectso going.