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What point will there be in using Android anymore? This was the only redeeming feature they had left
They killed the heart monitor
They killed IR blasters
They killed the headphone jack
They killed removable batteries
They killed SD card support
And now they're about to kill freedom and ownership of the device you bought.
Are the phones gonna be totally free? What's the point of using Android moving forward? Will this be the new start of classic flip phones?
The only thing left is real Firefox, since Mozilla will be willing to do the signing. And that's worth it.
Although, if this kills Android, maybe Mozilla will have the incentive to build the real thing for iOS, now that Apple removed at least one of the technical blockers there.
If you can't access an open Android phone, at this point there is no reason to consider anything other than an iPhone. It's very expensive, yes, but it will be supported for years to come.
Switching to a feature phone depends on whether you can leave some smartphone usecases behind in favor of a feature phone's benefits. I use my phone to read books and study my lessons with a stylus. I can let gaming go, it would suck but I can buy a portable console in the worst case scenerio. But those two are important. Banking is another one, even if I showed to the bank in person they direct you to use the app anyway. Which is cool, you get stuff done quickly but it sucks for cases like this.