DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 days agoHow long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)message-squaremessage-square251fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down19
arrow-up1652arrow-down1message-squareHow long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square251fedilink
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·15 days agoNew releases of android aren’t open source and available to the public, the source code is released much later now. You need to be an OEM to get access. This is a real problem faced by developers like Lineage and Graphene
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoThat’s a misconception https://www.ctol.digital/news/android-open-source-google-development-lockdown/
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoRight so ROM developers could still do what they do. Only that it would take longer. Not ideal but not so grim
New releases of android aren’t open source and available to the public, the source code is released much later now. You need to be an OEM to get access. This is a real problem faced by developers like Lineage and Graphene
That’s a misconception
https://www.ctol.digital/news/android-open-source-google-development-lockdown/
This is literally what I said
Right so ROM developers could still do what they do. Only that it would take longer.
Not ideal but not so grim