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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 02:57:45 JST feld
   > Google has released Android 16 to AOSP, but this year’s release is different in a significant way: none of the usual source code for Pixel phones has been made available. This impacts not only CalyxOS, but the entire custom Android ecosystem.
   
   lol google doing google
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 03:04:23 JST feld

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     • Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD:
     @usul the annoying part is that I specifically purchased a Pixel phone to experiment with CalyxOS as it was projected to be supported the longest in years.
     
     And now this happened lol
     
     good thing it is not my primary phone I guess
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     Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD: (usul@piaille.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 03:04:24 JST Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD:

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     @feld no suprise herr

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     Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD: (usul@piaille.fr)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 03:07:34 JST Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD:

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     @feld I've moved to fairphone and I'm quite happy with it

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 05:23:36 JST feld

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     • jesterchen42
     • xuxxux
     @xuxxux @jesterchen it's such a downgrade, I don't recommend it.
     
     text rendering is awful
     
     scrolling is awful
     
     keyboard is awful
     
     entire layout is stupid
     
     I don't know why anyone believes Android is like state of the art smartphone design
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     xuxxux (xuxxux@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 05:23:37 JST xuxxux

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     • jesterchen42

     @jesterchen @feld that was also my concern. I just ordered a Pixel 9a to move from Apple to Graphene

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     jesterchen42 (jesterchen@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 05:23:38 JST jesterchen42

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     @feld Might this just follow a short time later? I'm judt getting used to graphene....... 😢

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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 05:32:32 JST Phantasm

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     @feld There goes my plan to buy a second-hand Pixel and throw Calyx on it to get a way from cheap Chinesium phones. Google always finds a way to disappoint.
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     Vokainen (vokainen099@cawfee.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 05:58:23 JST Vokainen

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     • Phantasm
     @phnt @feld Apparently it's because they fear the DOJ will force them to relinquish both the AOSP and Chrome (That's what the guys at GrapheneOS are saying, check their profile on the fediverse), and thus they are starting to wall garden the Pixels for when competition will have full access to the AOSP
     
     Anyway, the guys at the GrapheneOS project say they already have a prototype working in the emulator
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