Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.
Because Android users notoriously complain about their OS not being completely locked down with zero freedom whatsoever!
OK Google, you win. I capitulate. Next phone is going to be Apple. If it’s locked down, low customization walled garden either way I’d rather something with trade in value and a bit of snob appeal.
Or just don’t buy a phone. The resources required to build a phone are literally destroying our planet. I wish I was exaggerating.
Aren’t there alternative dialer and messaging apps out there? The existing dialer and messaging apps on AOSP are already old & massively out-of-line with the rest of the OS.
Yes, I use Simple Dialer and Messages from F-Droid.
Unfortunate, but somewhat of a formality. AOSP Messages and Dialer were essentially deprecated as it was already, and we have many projects ready to take their place.
At this point it’s just a countdown until Google winds down AOSP altogether and takes its whole mobile OS proprietary.
oh god, please no, mobile Linux is not yet ready 😩
and i say that as a hardcore NixOS-UserHow hard is it to transform the steam deck into a phone? I mean the Software is still missing, but with enough Power you can emulate apps.
Well, for starters, it doesn’t have a 5G modem, which is probably kind of going to be a basic want for a phone.
