Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens

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Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens
androidauthority.com

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.
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Recently moved to graphene couldn't be happier

I don't care about these apps but it will only get worse over time if not addressed. I could see things as simple as Spotify, Netflix, etc. Refusing to run

I don't use those services either but that's not a future I want

I could see things as simple as...

Last I heard, the McDonalds' app doesn't work, of all things.

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9123-the-mcdonalds-app-doesnt-work/

Wow, there you go then.

Literally 1984 (/s)

Can't even order Donalds from your phone that you bought with your own money anymore 🫡

Neither does the BBC's couch to 5k app, for who knows what reason.