I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux
The author explains their decision to abandon Android for Linux-based mobile operating systems due to increasing concerns over Google's data tracking and restrictive software policies. They discuss the current state of mobile Linux, specifically testing SailfishOS on a Fairphone 4.
Why it matters
It reflects a growing movement among privacy-conscious tech users to reclaim control over their hardware and software ecosystems from major corporations.
For the past months or even years, I've become more and more dissatisfied with the path Google has taken with the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Be it the dependency and insane tracking of Google Play Services, locking down of device trees to hinder custom ROM development, all the AI stuff being put into the system, or most recently (and perhaps worst), removing the ability of installing apps per your own wishing - it's become sort of like a "death by a thousand papercuts" situation. While the AOSP isn't exactly dead (yet), it kind of feels like it's just a question of time. Therefore, I've decided to jump ship. I'm installing linux on my phone.
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