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What are your thoughts on this? I might be switching to an iPhone and a new carrier cause of this shit outta principle. Google's half-assed backtracking on it isn't enough and this is a bunch of bullshit.
I like the Google Fi phone service, but my satisfaction with Google Pixel phones is a mixed bag. My Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 4a 5G were good, but my Pixel 6 had a shitty battery life. My current Pixel 8 Pro is good, but it still has some issues sometimes. To where I really can't tell if it's planned obsolescence or just the enshittification of Google and their apps (which would still be shitty on iOS) instead. I do know that I don't ever wanna switch back to Samsung bloat though. lol
The lockdown of Android really removes one of the big points of it over iOS and if that's the case, then you might as well go to Apple and get the better features and updates. (Some might also argue supposed privacy too, but I don't trust Apple either.) Plus KDE Connect is on iOS, so you can use an iPhone with Linux or FreeBSD and then you also get all of the iPhone integration features with macOS as well. Which leaves little point for staying on Android after this shit.
If I do decide to switch to an iPhone, then I'm gonna still get a cheap decent Android tablet too, cause I'm not about to lose access to my paid games on Android.
Help us, Linux phones. You're our only hope!