Post by @throws_lemy@reddthat.com

@ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2026-05-11 18:07

Please consider [donating to PostmarketOS](https://postmarketos.org/) to build up a pure mobile Linux alternative that is completely free of Google's influence. It's the best long-term option we have.

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@MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2026-05-11 11:58

Maybe the EU can slap some fines on that? It's anti competitive and against the DMA i assume

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@Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 2026-05-11 15:12

The current US government is strongly in favor of corporations screwing over individuals, so we aren't likely to get any help there. The EU and China are the only organizations that might be able to intervene. Unfortunately, they both seem more interested in the surveillance opportunities than in the good of their citizens. We seem to be heading toward a two-tiered internet. One that will be accessible to everyone, but will be limited in terms of commerce and possibly content. One that will only be accessible to people who are willing to give up their privacy. That might actually turn out to be a good thing. Buying from the corporations could easily end up limited to the later group, which would encourage more people to shift their buying to other sources.

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@wizzkidd@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 12:09

I hope every de-googled os goes completely open source supportive. And i hope people choose these os's over google or any other closed source/centralized company

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@Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-11 13:38

Well, yeah, we're well into the stage where it's not quality that sells Google products and services. This is the Pillaging Stage of Google's business: as they screw both customers and users (Google's customers aren't their users) for short term "growth" they can only hold market share by taking advantage of market barriers to entry, networking effects and their current market share to force both customers and users to keep on using Google products and services.

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@MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 06:41

The irony of having this in the middle of the article ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3614f3ca-83e4-48b0-9979-0d635b0cd49c.jpeg)

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@kamen@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 20:15

I'm not sure if "rival" is the right term. Seems like Google would be very happy to be a monopoly.

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@lonesomeCat@lemmy.ml 2026-05-11 17:19

Most people don't care. Hell I'm even the "weird one" only because I tend to use FOSS options when I can. Who the hell would use YouTube over NewPipe??

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@smeg@infosec.pub 2026-05-12 22:59

Google and the Open Web 1. Embrace 2. Extend 3. Extinguish <-- we're here

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@ennof@feddit.org 2026-05-11 13:12

European institutions and apps should be banned from employing reCAPTCHA, Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Test API, if this is how they are to function. At the same time, Apple and Google need to be sanctioned for this approach, as I am certain that it violates fair competition laws.

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@libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 2026-05-11 18:44

Im just waiting for somebody to make a plan for resistance. So far the best I have seen is going to the doorsteps of google to cry and beg them to stop. thats not my cup of tea

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@CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2026-05-12 12:17

Graphene OS need to develop their own app store.

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@UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 20:43

Time to branch out, get more manufacturer support like Motorola and champion the consumer. C'mon graphene throw us a bone.

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@nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-12 05:59

I don't understand why Google would do this. I mean, you sell a phone that has an alternative operating system that runs well on it, and you sell more phones, right? Or do they actually sell hardware at a loss? Is that what's happening?

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@sonofearth@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 05:45

More anti-trusts lawsuits please. Just put a fine of no lesser than a 100 Billion $ on these parasites.

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@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-11 16:04

Damn America loves itself a duopoly. Writing has been on the wall about what would happen with no adequate balances in place to prevent this kind of takeover.

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@bedwyr@piefed.ca 2026-05-11 17:04

Am I the only one worried that the source says Android Authority? Is this the fucking Google site?

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@Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 14:46

"I hate Google so much!" - typed from a Google Pixel phone. . . 👀️

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@Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2026-05-11 18:34

Well DUH...

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@Yourimaginaryfriend@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 01:43

I was really close to buying one too. Waiting for the next pixel