鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months 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-square253fedilinkarrow-up1685arrow-down19
arrow-up1676arrow-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)鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square253fedilink
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months 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-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s a misconception https://www.ctol.digital/news/android-open-source-google-development-lockdown/
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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