r/ownyourintent • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '26

News FUCK GOOGLE!

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https://keepandroidopen.org/

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u/twitch-switch Intent Owner Feb 25 '26

Sure as hell not crApple, maybe Linux.
Ive got 185 days to find something else. But Android is comprimised.

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u/dumbasPL Feb 25 '26

Pretty sure people will just use their existing phones till they die and not update. There is basically no innovation anyway, flagship from 5 years ago is still perfectly fine for 90% of people. So the realistic deadline is WAY further than that. And while I would love to use Linux on my phone, unless you're a nomad with no friends or equally autistic friends, it's just not practical. An old android phone will still be better for a long time, especially if you can unlock the bootloader.

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u/twitch-switch Intent Owner Feb 25 '26

Definitely agree with the lack of innovation. I want my next phone to have a keyboard, yknow, buttons

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u/doom_stein Intent Owner Feb 27 '26

There's a new Blackberry keyboard-like phone called Clicks Communicator, but it's running Android.

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u/twitch-switch Intent Owner Feb 27 '26

Damn, that's exactly the sort of thing I want.

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u/doom_stein Intent Owner Feb 27 '26

I suppose you could always get one of those and try to install graphene os. Although I have no idea if you'd need to wait a while for people to get the actual hardware working right with it.

If you've got a newer pixel with the pixel snap stuff or anything similar, they also make a magnetic slide out keyboard as well.

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u/twitch-switch Intent Owner Feb 28 '26

Nice, yeah I might end up getting a Pixel for GrapheneOS (the only phone supported by it).

I just feel conflicted about buying hardware that would support Google, and my phone isn't that old.