Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.
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.
Or just don’t buy a phone. The resources required to build a phone are literally destroying our planet. I wish I was exaggerating.
Because Android users notoriously complain about their OS not being completely locked down with zero freedom whatsoever!
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.
At this point it’s just a countdown until Google winds down AOSP altogether and takes its whole mobile OS proprietary.
oh god, please no, mobile Linux is not yet ready 😩
and i say that as a hardcore NixOS-UserHow 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.
Well, for starters, it doesn’t have a 5G modem, which is probably kind of going to be a basic want for a phone.
