Google says Android Open Source Project not being ‘discontinued’ amidst Pixel change impacting custom ROMs

[3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world]

Fuck off. Like anything google said can be taken seriously. Get bent.

[0ops@lemm.ee]

Just the fact that it needs to be said...

[6nk06@sh.itjust.works]

I remember when the Nexus was the open reference device that you could play with. The Pixel is now as closed as an iPhone. Thanks Google!

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

The sentiment is valid, but being as closed as an iPhone is quite an exaggeration. You can't even use a different keyboard on an iPhone let alone a different launcher or lock screen lol

[chee_koala@lemmy.world]

" We're Really(TM) committed to an alternative that is not similar in maturity or useable in the same way, while only speaking of it after the fact, and while giving no explanation for the change. " Right..

Well, cool, thanks! I just love it when corporations choose to destroy value from my devices years after purchase without my consent.

[throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works]

The day they stop sideloading is the day I'd just carry a pocket-sized computer and use a cheap budget phone as a hotspot.

[iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world]

They didn't say anything about not removing pixels from the tree, which is what people are complaining about. So yeah, they pretty much did.

[florge@feddit.uk]

You can definitely use a third party keyboard on iphone. They only force you to use their keyboard when entering passwords, which I can undestand their argument for.

[bubs@lemm.ee]

Yeah. I remember using a custom keyboard back when I had an iPhone 4S lol

[henfredemars@infosec.pub]

Who cares. It's effectively shut down, assholes. You know what you did.