🚨Google wants to kill Android freedom

[scuti@stereophonic.space]

@Tutanota the annoying thing about Google apps is that all of them except for Maps is unusable without a Google account.
so they're basically useless.

[captain_jack_sparrow@mastodon.world]

@Tutanota

I would really like a google-free, non apple mobile smart phone

too much to ask?

[miguelpergamon@kolektiva.social]

@Tutanota

Apparently, I can now get all the hardware I need (second-hand-laptop, harddrive, external-usb-sata-cable) to degoogle a phone for under a £100!

Make it a business. 👍

(note: Linux is "free" but I definitely woud donate funds to whatever distro/foundation I use.)

[dodothedev@front-end.social]

@Tutanota
Say Google gets their way and locks down the Android platform: would you provide alternative apps for non-android OS's like Sailfish? I have one of the new @jolla devices on order, and would love to keep Tuta.

[tutanota@mastodon.social]

@DodoTheDev @jolla Hi there! Yes, we would always find a way to provide Tuta Mail.

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota nobody making alternative OS, only signing open letters. Nothing Gonna change

[zetabeta@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota @DodoTheDev @jolla
as a precursor, providing mobile browser support is a start. basically inside of a browser. and it is also platform and browser independent.

dedicated apps later.

[zetabeta@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota
for short term, i support this agenda. delaying alphabet inc's takeover of android is beneficial.

for longer term, android is pretty much alphabet inc's playground where users are just pawns for corporate greed and power. we need to move to other platforms. apple's devices are already closed.

alternatives:
laptop with linux distribution.
linux mobile, not android based.
technical basic phone.
ungoogled android, temporarily.

[dodothedev@front-end.social]

@Tutanota @jolla
I knew there was a reason I went with Tuta! So glad to hear that. I'll happily be a tester.

[adasv93@fosstodon.org]

@Tutanota In 2026, Android is privacy-focused only when unlocked or customized, whereas iOS provides easier privacy controls by default (But we have to trust Apple).