Comment on Is there like a pocket sized computer? (I mean like not a "phone", but something that I can run full desktop OSes and programs on; and I'd love to also have the typical phone camera's and GPS.)

dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is more like I want to pre-emptively move away from android in anticipation of Google’s autocratization, because, Google have:

  1. recently added restriction on sideloading in Singapore to “protect against scams”.

  and

  2. Google has also refused to provide pixel-specific source code to make it easier to build custom roms.

  Thete are just the first 2 of the “red flags” I see.

  So… as far as I know, Graphene OS is kinda on life support because it depends on Google’s co-operation. I don’t like the idea of Lineage OS because for most of the phones, you’re just running around with an unlocked bootloader, which to me, is insecure.

  Also: I’m not in the EU, I’m in the USA, so Digital Markets Act wouldn’t have jurisdiction here.

  To Reiterate, the things I want is (in order of importance)

  1. The ability to install any app/program I want (which Google seems to start to restrict, and Digital Markets Act doesn’t apply in my country). So I want to move away pre-emptively as a precaution.
  2. Evil-Maid resistance (such as Graphene OS with Re-Lockable bootloader, which is on life support I remind you, due to Google being a dick). On a computer, I can boot from a encrypted-USB drive in read-only mode therefore making it very evil-maid resistant (I know its not impenetrable, but it’s the best I’ve come up with).
  3. To have as much privacy as I can reasonably get.

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