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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Isn’t Firefox an alternative? Works today.

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Google could remove FireFox from the PlayStore

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I don’t get it from the PlayStore. Android is open source. If they ever go crazy lock down then we can run AOSP or variants.

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Not in the EU. I think they’d face antitrust problems in USA too.

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I think they’d get pushback from Samsung too

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Sideloading it or using a different app store would still be possible. Would Google remove the ability to do those things? Would a fork of AOSP not easily restore that functionality? Regardless, I’m all for more OS options for consumers.

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I don’t know if they legally can do that. Would be an antitrust violation.

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I dont know if they legally can but that has never stopped them do anything.

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More importantly, mozilla is in google‘s pocket due to google being by far the largest financial contributor. Expect them to ruin firefox at some point. Also, the recent ad drama should have taught you that one lone competitor does not make a market.

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There’s also WebKit.

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Just use obtainium

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Android has always had support for sideloading

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