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minus-squareOctopusNemeses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 days agoA fork won’t do you any good. This has to do with Play Services, not the OS.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 days agoadding to this, android itself as compiled from available sources is actually pretty good and is by itself already unaffected by this change. play services is basically how they managed to close android in the first place while still making it look open.
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoNo play services in GrapheneOS, and it’s working fine.
A fork won’t do you any good. This has to do with Play Services, not the OS.
adding to this, android itself as compiled from available sources is actually pretty good and is by itself already unaffected by this change.
play services is basically how they managed to close android in the first place while still making it look open.
No play services in GrapheneOS, and it’s working fine.