It’s just become impossible to de-Google from Volkswagen, say GrapheneOS users
cybernews.com
Privacy-focused Volkswagen drivers are reporting that GrapheneOS devices can no longer access the car's app, fueling criticism that automakers are locking users into Google's ecosystem and restricting access to their own vehicle data.
    • anon5621@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      24 days ago

      Holy crap I miss old times 2013 when nobody was even bothering and all bootloaders was unlocked by default no play integrity just do what u wanna do with ur own device

      • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        24 days ago

        Well, a lot of apps didn’t work very well back then either. As in this case.

        • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          23 days ago

          The apps that didn’t work well were not due to lack of lock-in.

          The apps didn’t work well due to lack of maturity in the platform. This app is not failing because the OS is somehow ‘2013-like’, it is failing because Android app developers are going all-in on lock-in.