Linux Phones

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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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We need to support Linux Phones development more now than ever based on recent news (self.linuxphones)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Beaver to c/[email protected]

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As Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled in the future. They’re going to eventually ban adblockers for chromium. We need to quickly respond with alternatives to android, we must end this market consolidation.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

From what I've heard uBlock Origin Lite only barely falls short of the ad-blocking coverage that regular uBO offers, so there will still be options for Chrome users after this happens, not to mention the multitude of alternative browsers and app stores for Android.

I still think that making Linux phones a viable alternative is very important, but it's not significantly more important now than it was a month ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I agree with you.

Linux phones have always been important and some ad-blocking controversy (which I don’t know the details about) isn’t making it more important than before.

Linux on desktop is now user friendly and I hope one day will reach that on phones too, even if for now it sounds way too complicated for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If Manifest 3 becomes mainstream, ad software developers will simply create stuff that bypasses it.

Hypothetical example: there will be a 30 000 domain name blocking limit. Result: ad networks now have 30 001 domains.