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>/e/ Foundation is Offering Renowned Smartphones But Without Proper Android and Google Experience On Them That seems like a really unfair thing to say. What is
by approxim8ion 6y ago
>/e/ Foundation is Offering Renowned Smartphones But Without Proper Android and Google Experience On Them
That seems like a really unfair thing to say. What is "improper" about it? The fact that Google Play Services or FCM is used for notifications for example is not an issue with the android platform, but a case of Google being power-hungry.
- detaro 6y agoending is even more ?! > we live in an age where nothing is really private, so a phone that caters to those concerned about their privacy makes very little sense
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoThe linked website is an infamous low-quality content farm designed to draw readers into clicking on affiliate links. Its authors are low-paid content writers who just need to quickly produce a few more-or-less grammatically coherent and SEO-heavy paragraphs, even if the claims within are weird or baffling, and one shouldn’t put too much stock in anything said there.
- stonesweep 6y agoThe source they got this from reads OK: https://news.itsfoss.com/e-smartphone-us-shipping/ https://news.itsfoss.com/e-smartphone-us-shipping/
- leephillips 6y agoMaybe a better article would be https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/google-free-e-os-is-now-selling-pre-loaded-phones-in-the-us-starting-at-380/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/google-free-e-os-is-...
- tyingq 6y agoIt's feels like /e/ astroturfing to me with manufactured controversy via some SEO service. Seems to be working.
- mturilin 6y agoI wonder what would it take to have an open alternative to FCM, which is probably the biggest limiting factor for having Google free phones?