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Your Google Android device is about to stop being yours (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Nexus@infosec.pub to c/opensource@programming.dev
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Is this still going to happen? What can we do?

Edit: Complain to your competent authorities here: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers

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[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

De-Googled devices got screwed over by reCAPTCHA turning completely into DRM by mandating GMS. And this also affects Linux phones and desktops too, if you come across this new reCAPTCHA on desktop, you gotta get you Google Android or iOS device to scan the QR code to authenticate and pass the captcha, on your desktop, and Linux phones I assume are SOL completely.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

What are you talking about? I never see ReCAPTCHA on my degoogled android.

Probably because my browser has JS disabled. Broken websites are broken websites. Yawn.