Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.

  • nobodyspecial
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    211 months ago

    OK Google, you win. I capitulate. Next phone is going to be Apple. If it’s locked down, low customization walled garden either way I’d rather something with trade in value and a bit of snob appeal.

    • PabloDiscobar
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      111 months ago

      Or just don’t buy a phone. The resources required to build a phone are literally destroying our planet. I wish I was exaggerating.

  • Gloop Tamer
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    111 months ago

    Because Android users notoriously complain about their OS not being completely locked down with zero freedom whatsoever!

  • quortez
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    111 months ago

    Unfortunate, but somewhat of a formality. AOSP Messages and Dialer were essentially deprecated as it was already, and we have many projects ready to take their place.

  • kbity
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    011 months ago

    At this point it’s just a countdown until Google winds down AOSP altogether and takes its whole mobile OS proprietary.

    • Neon
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      011 months ago

      oh god, please no, mobile Linux is not yet ready 😩
      and i say that as a hardcore NixOS-User

      • Johanno
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        011 months ago

        How hard is it to transform the steam deck into a phone? I mean the Software is still missing, but with enough Power you can emulate apps.

        • tal
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          111 months ago

          Well, for starters, it doesn’t have a 5G modem, which is probably kind of going to be a basic want for a phone.