Sideloading? - Page 5

UrsiD3 · 02-21-2026, 02:59 AM

I noticed the same thing with the grid pattern at first, too. It’s definitely a bit of a trade-off for having color, but I found that bumping the brightness up just 10-15% makes the texture way less noticeable during normal reading. You get used to it pretty quickly!

Quoth · 02-22-2026, 10:01 AM

https://keepandroidopen.org/

The indies and programming for your self are under threat.

shuvashish76 · 02-23-2026, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by UrsiD3

I noticed the same thing with the grid pattern at first, too. It’s definitely a bit of a trade-off for having color, but I found that bumping the brightness up just 10-15% makes the texture way less noticeable during normal reading. You get used to it pretty quickly!

Are you saying the official F-Droid app/web KeepAndroidOpen banners aren't clearly visible on android color e-ink devices? Can you share the picture?

shuvashish76 · 02-25-2026, 01:29 AM

Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification
- https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/op...ification.html
- https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

Rbneader · 02-27-2026, 09:54 PM

If Google is actually serious about this, I'll be buying an iPhone this fall. If the only choices are walled gardens, I'll take the one that's well-managed.

Potential silver lining: all the big companies migrated to Android because it was easy and right there, but this may provide incentive for companies to back other mobile OSes. Or people may all start getting behind AOSP phones. Chinese phones are already not usually Google certified, I think?

JSWolf · 02-28-2026, 06:24 AM

I think this is going to be a boon for apple if Google really does go through with this.

haertig · 03-01-2026, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rbneader

Potential silver lining: all the big companies migrated to Android because it was easy and right there, but this may provide incentive for companies to back other mobile OSes.

Big companies don't want wide open. They want things locked down tight. And then they want to lock things down even tighter than the basic OS locks. Ask anyone who works in a large company's I.T. department

Big companies will applaud this move. Some individual techie users will resist, but by in large, the general user community won't even notice. I don't like the move myself, but I realize that I am probably only one in a million, and the other 999,999 don't care. Petitions are worthless - it doesn't hurt to try - but I wouldn't expect any positive results.

02-21-2026, 02:59 AM	#61
UrsiD3 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: none	Sideloading? I noticed the same thing with the grid pattern at first, too. It’s definitely a bit of a trade-off for having color, but I found that bumping the brightness up just 10-15% makes the texture way less noticeable during normal reading. You get used to it pretty quickly!

02-27-2026, 09:54 PM	#65
Rbneader Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 3018521 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: None	If Google is actually serious about this, I'll be buying an iPhone this fall. If the only choices are walled gardens, I'll take the one that's well-managed. Potential silver lining: all the big companies migrated to Android because it was easy and right there, but this may provide incentive for companies to back other mobile OSes. Or people may all start getting behind AOSP phones. Chinese phones are already not usually Google certified, I think? Last edited by Rbneader; 02-27-2026 at 09:57 PM.

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