Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoSeveral phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Androidwww.phonearena.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkSeveral phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Androidwww.phonearena.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoPhones will still use android, but manufacturers are looking to de-google android so it’s not as heavily reliant on google services. A example is the removal of the required Google play store. Laptop manufacturers are also looking to move away from windows to a linux bases operating system. TBH this is the best news I have heard all week.
minus-squareJeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIts not about Google services, its because the US government may prohibit foreign manufacturers from using Android.
minus-squareMaXimus421@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDon’t sleep on Google Services. If you’re not an iPhone user, those “services” are what keeps Google from killing Android entirely. Waaaayyyy too much data collection to just brush your shoulders off over.
Phones will still use android, but manufacturers are looking to de-google android so it’s not as heavily reliant on google services.
A example is the removal of the required Google play store.
Laptop manufacturers are also looking to move away from windows to a linux bases operating system.
TBH this is the best news I have heard all week.
Its not about Google services, its because the US government may prohibit foreign manufacturers from using Android.
Don’t sleep on Google Services.
If you’re not an iPhone user, those “services” are what keeps Google from killing Android entirely. Waaaayyyy too much data collection to just brush your shoulders off over.