Planning for a non-AI future...
from 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 26 Oct 2025 00:13
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/44667363

I see it coming, in a very short time every Android and iOS phone will come with AI built-in and so intertwined in the phone that it’ll be impossible to remove. I would like to investigate alternatives. I do have a few requirements–

Within those confines, what are the most promising options?

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scott@lem.free.as on 26 Oct 2025 00:25 next collapse

GrapheneOS.

turtl@lemmy.ml on 26 Oct 2025 00:47 next collapse

The only serious option really

Substance_P@lemmy.world on 26 Oct 2025 02:23 collapse

But will it still work after Google stops allowing APK’s?

anon5621@lemmy.ml on 26 Oct 2025 02:01 next collapse

Yes as I understood checker will be integrated as part of Google services so it will be in container so in theory we can even erase this feature from our grafenos sandbox

ozymandias117@lemmy.world on 26 Oct 2025 02:29 next collapse

A bigger issue than the APK changes is that Google no longer releases the source for Pixels after the 9.

Graphene claims they are partnering with another OEM, but we’ll see how it goes

androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oe…

scott@lem.free.as on 26 Oct 2025 08:36 next collapse

Yes.

Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Oct 2025 09:03 collapse

Until Google drops support on Pixel 9, and given they are working with another manufacturer, yes.

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml on 26 Oct 2025 13:50 collapse

Any concrete news about their new phone yet?

Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Oct 2025 20:11 collapse

Only androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oe… afaik, which I took from the other guy that was answering the comment I replied to.

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml on 26 Oct 2025 20:21 collapse

I wonder who the OEM will be. If I had to guess maybe it’s OnePlus

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Oct 2025 09:24 collapse

Get a phone from the pixel 9 series and install GrapheneOS on it problem solved