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Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 months ago by FutileRecipe@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Efforts like Graphene OS face increasing pressure from apps that refuse to run on non-standard Android.
  • The custom ROM project characterizes Google’s approach to device attestation as incomplete and flawed.
  • Graphene OS is prepared to take legal action if Google won’t let it pass Play Integrity checks.
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 61 points 3 months ago (42 children)

Even without the custom ROMs, the whole Android ecosystem is a colossal fucking mess.

I've got old apps that won't work any more. It's not even compatible with itself.

People give Windows a load of shit, and deservedly so for some of it, but it's a million times more usable than Android when you want shit to "just work".

[–] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago (13 children)

I've got old apps that won't work any more.

People give Windows a load of shit... but it's a million times more usable than Android

Where do you run your old Windows Phone apps nowadays? What about new Windows Phone apps?

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (12 children)

On my Windows Phone silly

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, memories.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Memories? Pssshhhh, he took that pic an hour ago...

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How?!

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

It still works. Most of the apps are borked. Windows Explorer hasn't been updated in 5+ years so doesn't work with most sites. Baconit escaped reddit's 3rd party app purge and still works. Imgur still works well but with all the genX on it reminds me of icanhazcheezeburger.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Ah shit, here we go again

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

with a device equipped with a camera of sorts, if I had to guess

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