In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
www.japantimes.co.jp
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has accused the U.S. tech giant of violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps in smartphones.
    • @etuomaala@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1•1 day ago

      There is no good android fork. Android is garbage. You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to contribute to the OS or port a fork like lineageOS to a new phone. Even just compiling android is a massive pain in the ass. Mobile linux, like postmarketOS, is the clear way forward. And not on former android phones, but on phones with open hardware specs, specifically designed to work with mobile linux.

      • Steven McTowelieEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        LineageOS works as well and you can get it running on more phones than Graphene; however, GrapheneOS is superior in terms of security

    • @Jotunn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•3 days ago

      I’ve switched to CalyxOS. It supports some more manufacturer and models than GrapheneOS. Got no idea how their user experience compares. It’s a bit of tinkering to do, so it’s not for the untechnically inclined. Also, make sure you got a way to log on to things without using an authenticator or make sure it won’t get lost when the phone gets wiped.