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'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 week ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/tech@programming.dev

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[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Devices became ever more locked down for developers. Between bootloaders that can't be unlocked and drivers that have to be reverse engineered it's just too hard to develop custom roms now.

There were always some devices like that but now it's most of them