I read on the keepandroidopen github that the “advanced flow” for “side-loading” is delivered through Google Play Services, not the Android OS, meaning Google can modify, restrict, or remove it at any time without an OS update and without any user consent.
So, yes, I think you’re right, GrapheneOS, PostmarketOS, /e/OS and the likes would be safe (for now) since they don’t have the “Google Play Services”. I read MicroG is a way to get core functionalities of the Play Services API.
For Linux phone, the Jolla phone has peeked my interest. But I would be missing Android apps, unless there is virtualization to run those??
Isn’t Valve working on a compatibility layer for running Android apps on linux?
Also there is Waydroid which runs Android apps in containers at pretty decent speed.
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I read on the keepandroidopen github that the “advanced flow” for “side-loading” is delivered through Google Play Services, not the Android OS, meaning Google can modify, restrict, or remove it at any time without an OS update and without any user consent.
So, yes, I think you’re right, GrapheneOS, PostmarketOS, /e/OS and the likes would be safe (for now) since they don’t have the “Google Play Services”. I read MicroG is a way to get core functionalities of the Play Services API.
For Linux phone, the Jolla phone has peeked my interest. But I would be missing Android apps, unless there is virtualization to run those??
Isn’t Valve working on a compatibility layer for running Android apps on linux? Also there is Waydroid which runs Android apps in containers at pretty decent speed.