Lka1988

Techbros rediscovering old principles, a tale as old as…well, since the tech industry.

Daniel resigned as the head developer a few years ago.

The incident in question happened before that. Also, he’s still listed as a Graphene OS Foundation director, which means he still has a lot of pull.

I always see these comments conveniently leave that out.

You should probably brush up on your research instead of simping.

I don’t know… Part of me thinks that someone overruled Daniel on this decision. He stepped down as the main dev years ago, but is still a director… maybe the other directors overruled Daniel?

But again, I don’t know. I’m just shooting from the hip.

In all the time i looked online Ive never found a legitimate basis for these vague claims of drama around Graphene. See a lot of it in Louis Rossman circles (nothing against him, but he made a dramatic video on YT about leaving GrapheneOS) it’s reactionary at best. Someone got blocked people got mad, full story only the ones directly involved know.

Louis was directly involved with this. He’s the one who exposed the whole situation and brought receipts.

Daniel is extremely paranoid (arguably part of why GOS is as secure as it is), but that paranoia can also lead to anxiety and assuming everyone is “out to get you”.

I got a Nook Color back in 2010. Finding out it was based on Android was my gateway drug 😅. I was well aware of Android devices by that point, a couple of my buddies had HTCs.

Naturally, I rooted the Nook. Ended up flashing CyanogenMod.

Bingo.

After I made that comment, I thought about it some more and realized an existing metaphor already fits:

• Say you see a BMW 316d but with M3 badges. Those who don’t know cars, don’t care. Those who do know cars, know that the owner is full of shit.

Relating this to Android:

• People who don’t use 3rd party app stores, or other apps, don’t care about the developer verification. People who do use those things, already know that Google’s excuses are horseshit.

This verification bullshit will not only affect the developers who will be forced to register with google, but also the very people who made Android what it is today. Custom ROMs brought many features to Android that are now considered core elements:

• Night mode
• Bubble conversations
• Widgets
• Always-on display
• Caffeinate
• Quick settings
• Split screen/multitasking

…and that’s not even scratching the surface. There is so, so much more.

Make use of that second link.

Done. I’m not a dev, but I use apps from github/gitlab/etc. Requiring developer verification is absolutely retarded. And only allowing ADB to install without verification is not the olive branch they’re treating it as. It’s a slap in the face to anyone who actually knows what they’re doing.

Because they are.

I tried using Inbox but couldn’t get past the whole idea of it. I’m old school when it comes to email - just gimme everything and I’ll decide if its important or not.

That said, Google’s decision to kill it did open my eyes to the fuckery.

Then they killed Google Play Music a few years later. I had most of my library uploaded, but didn’t delete my local copy because I’m not insane. That one radicalized me.