Have you ever wondered what it would be like to engage in a mobile ecosystem outside of the watchful eye of the Big Tech giants and gatekeepers? A system that includes everything from operating systems, to app stores, to cloud services, messaging apps, email servers and more? A system that puts your privacy first, believes in a democratic approach and healthy competition, and a system that relies on open-source solutions to drive its software? Welcome to Mobifree, a human-centered, ethical alternative, that champions privacy over profit and believes in collaboration, sustainability and inclusiveness.

Everyone is locked into a mobile phone ecosystem where the terms are dictated by a handful of Big Tech companies all located in a single country. From end users looking to download and use their favorite apps, to developers who run into roadblocks when trying to get their solutions published, to governments who are increasingly using apps as a way to provide services to their citizens, we are all impacted by the gatekeeping, data tracking, and railroading Big Tech is imposing on us in the current mobile ecosystem. A new alternative is required to shape a better future. And F-Droid is excited to be a part of creating that new mobile ecosystem, together with our other partners in Mobifree.

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    Fuck Android, I want Linux on my smartphone. With working alternatives for:

    • Banking apps
    • Google Pay
    • Google Maps (live traffic)
    • Android Auto
    • Google Cast

    Only the EU can pull this off.

    Edit: added banks.

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    What the fuck is it? There’s no information on that page or the linked pages, just problem statements and blather.

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      Seems like it’s a coalition that will have app developers, app stores, maybe an OS, etc.

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    This article is frustratingly non-specific. What are they actually planning to do? From the article it seems they’re trying to create a mobile ecosystem to compete with Google and Apple, but on the Mobifree website the “What” section only mentions using “workshops and pilot-tests” with the aim of figuring out how to best improve some existing projects (with the only one specified being /e/OS).

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    The Mobifree project was initiated and is coordinated by E Foundation, a European non-profit that develops of open-source mobile software (among others, /e/OS).

    Trying to dig up information on the e foundation is a little difficult. The Wikipedia page mentions commercial organizations, I’m not clear if the foundation actually is a non-profit mission focused organization, or something else

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    Lot of people upvoting without even checking the content. Come on guys if we want lemmy to be a good place put some effort