None of this is untrue about Android though, which is now being locked down further. Meanwhile, AltStore PAL is expanding to Australia, Japan, Brazil and the UK over the next few months.
That’s definitely a welcome development for sure (albeit only due to regulatory compliance).
For sure, Google’s attempts to try and slam the Android ecosystem suck (definitely don’t want to paint them as “good guys” compared to apple overall), but luckily there are communities and manufacturers trying to prevent the backsliding.
The most public example would be GrapheneOS (what I’m currently using), but there are other projects like the Fairphone and Pinephone that are currently being iterated on. Heck, GrapheneOS is speaking to an Android OEM right now to make hardware not tied to Google’s ecosystem (Pixel line).
The best case scenario is both sides improve: Apple’s altstores become more common and widespread due to compliance with the EU, and Android users fork from Google’s status quo and have an escape hatch from the enshittification.
None of this is untrue about Android though, which is now being locked down further. Meanwhile, AltStore PAL is expanding to Australia, Japan, Brazil and the UK over the next few months.
That’s definitely a welcome development for sure (albeit only due to regulatory compliance).
For sure, Google’s attempts to try and slam the Android ecosystem suck (definitely don’t want to paint them as “good guys” compared to apple overall), but luckily there are communities and manufacturers trying to prevent the backsliding.
The most public example would be GrapheneOS (what I’m currently using), but there are other projects like the Fairphone and Pinephone that are currently being iterated on. Heck, GrapheneOS is speaking to an Android OEM right now to make hardware not tied to Google’s ecosystem (Pixel line).
The best case scenario is both sides improve: Apple’s altstores become more common and widespread due to compliance with the EU, and Android users fork from Google’s status quo and have an escape hatch from the enshittification.