Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

[barefootstache@en.osm.town]

@terminaltilt @valpackett @old_angry_queer @grote

Am I missing a new Android feature, can one sign into the device with biometrics after rebooting?

[snosrapkungfu@mastodon.social]

@Dequei @stw @grote i'm on the FLX1S from furios and not looking back.

[marinheiro@ciberlandia.pt]

@grote Does this automatically kill off Aurora Store access?

[_chris_real@kolektiva.social]

@grote

Long live DuckDuckGo. Long live Vivaldi.

The open sources are out there . . .

(Also, big praise for Lenovo's ThinkPad, who said to Microsoft, "let's call the whole thing off.")

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevenstonetech_lenovo-is-switching-the-default-os-on-thinkpads-activity-7430983261776109568-g_4-

[doctormo@floss.social]

@eestileib @stw @grote

I'm still using my S5. I'm aiming to use it until it's old enough to drink. Not long now!

[bangskij@climatejustice.social]

@grote guess I'm never buying a new phone ever again

[akamran@indieweb.social]

@jon_bon same here. If I can't do that, then there's really no point in not buying an iPhone. I wonder if Samsung and other Android phone makers have been asked about how this will impact their sales?

@grote @fdroidorg @IzzyOnDroidOrg @accrescent

[xgqt@functional.cafe]

@grote

I'm surprised they do not want my soul and my newborn.