Graphene OS has had just about enough of Google not doing more to make Android compatible with custom ROM projects.

TL;DR

  • 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.
  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    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”.