Right now, with lack of major alternatives, it’s the smaller of the two evils.
And if the pushback I see is proportional to the real pushback, I’d imagine Google will take a step back, giving people more time to prepare.
And in line of getting prepared, if the AOSP project is forked, I’d imagine they could and possibly even would be mainteined while the original AOSP goes downhill. Similarly, if making the software is the problem, iirc there are rudimentary ways to make Android programs without Google’s SDK, of which people could start working on more attently too.
So all in all, unless alternatives get a sudden major boost, I think Android is the safest bet for users that care for freedom.
(And a side note, people should look also for devices that don’t have the bootloader locked from factory)
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Right now, with lack of major alternatives, it’s the smaller of the two evils.
And if the pushback I see is proportional to the real pushback, I’d imagine Google will take a step back, giving people more time to prepare.
And in line of getting prepared, if the AOSP project is forked, I’d imagine they could and possibly even would be mainteined while the original AOSP goes downhill. Similarly, if making the software is the problem, iirc there are rudimentary ways to make Android programs without Google’s SDK, of which people could start working on more attently too.
So all in all, unless alternatives get a sudden major boost, I think Android is the safest bet for users that care for freedom.
(And a side note, people should look also for devices that don’t have the bootloader locked from factory)