I just hate the onboard car infotainment system. A car’s job is to get me from one place to another. If you want to help with navigation, just give me a phone holder. That’s all i need. I might just get a used secondary android phone just for the car if they keep pushing shit like this. I won’t connect my primary device to the car ever.
Companies that don’t respect your privacy don’t deserve your money either.
Problem is, thanks to capitalism, you’re no longer choosing from dozens of companies. You’re choosing between 2-3 conglomerates that own the dozens of brands. And all conglomerates will do the exact same shit, because they can, and you’re left twiddling your thumbs, not choosing between auto manufacturers but between owning a vehicle or not.
Buy used, it’s much smarter anyway, as you avoid a lot of depreciation that way.
This is very odd, agree with the devs. Seems like a very aggressive action and with no reasoning behind it?
I wonder what the real story is… What had GrapheneOS enabled (or blocked) on user phones that got their executives so pissed they’d explicitly block GrapheneOS users from their apps?
updated its mobile apps to no longer support GrapheneOS
This is not accurate. They updated the app to actively block GrapheneOS and other third-party Android builds.
The distinction is critical; unsupported combinations often work.
They updated the app to use the Play Integrity API, which GOS does not meet.
Not that it means anything, of course. GOS is far more secure than Google’s laughable excuse of a certification.
That is until the official Motorola partnership happens with GoS and Motorola. It’s the missing piece for integrity verification as of current listed requirements on Google’s documentation. They needed to have first class support from a major OEM. Looking forward to seeing how Google will change that maliciously. This includes attestation.
The pessimist in me thinks the GrapheneOS Motorola partnership won’t happen, Google will put pressure on Motorola and make it fail. I really hope I’m wrong though.
Hahahaha
Fuck you VW, and your hypocrisy.
Remember Dieselgate anyone?
VW is Audi too for those who don’t know.
Volkswagen Auto Group (VAG) is huge. It contains:
- SEAT
- Skoda
- Cupra
- VW
- Audi
- Lamborghini
- Bently
- Ducati
- Porsche
- MAN
- International
- Scania
And that’s just the vehicles.
Was literally looking at a new VW the other day while getting some warranty work done (non VW). This news dropped the same day on my Lemmy feed and I said that takes VW out of the running.
We need a ban on checking the manufacturer/supplier of a device/os instead of checking for APIs.
This should get interesting when motorola releases a phone with GrapheneOS on it.
With the number of countries trying to crack down on privacy-focused phone OSs, I’m a little worried Motorola may get cold feet after talking to its lawyers. Has Motorola made any public statement promising these phones are coming?
Correct take. Corps only care about money and reputation.
