Google will soon be requiring android app developers to pay $25 to register their governments ids to make apps outside of the play store.
The package (com.google.android.verifier) will be introduced on devices running Android 8 or higher, granting Google the ability to block the installation of unverified apps.
Complete your migration plans before Google puts up the barbed wire making it much harder to leave.
The alternatives are Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, FuriOS, Ubuntu Touch and Postmarket OS.
95 days: 30 September 2026: Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand and Singapore.
188 days: 2027: Globally.
And /e/OS, which is available pre-installed on some devices sold by Murena.
Community Build runs fine for moto edge 30 fusion, I like e/OS for the convenient integration of a tracker/DNS blocker and whitelisting of apps to access your real gps data since it is required for wifi/ble operations on android. You can set a fixed location for the apps where you only really need the permission, like a wifi scanner or pairing new headphones.
I’ve heard that /e/os is basically just used as a tool to sell murena services and is a generally shitty android rom
I have /e/ on my Fairphone 5 and I like it well enough. I was looking for a degoogled European android ROM and it works OK for that. My banking apps etc. all work and I only occasionally have problems with apps relying too heavily on Google services and therefore not working.
They definitely have better integration with Murena services but I use Proton instead and I’ve not had a problem.
I’ve heard good things about iodé too.
I’ve heard they sell refurbished consumer devices with /e/.
They basically tried to recreate G-services (voluntary for users of course) in addition to providing the OS which is built from AOSP.
It worked well enough for me, like LTS LineageOS basically but I didn’t care for the design so much.
But all my info is many years old.
OK, I’ve been planning to buy one of their devices so I’m very interested in such information. Where have you heard this? Do you have any sources you can point me to?
I tried installing this on my pixel 4a, but the web installer failed each time I tried. It was never able to unlock the bootloader