[edg5000]

I want Google as an app, not OS. Hear me out. Imagine an open device where you can run Google as just another sandboxed app. Inside, they can exert all the control they want. My bank and government can force me to use Google.

Then, at least I control my hardware and my OS.

It's just nasty to have your device and OS controlled by an antagonistic entity.

I see this in people why have used antagonistic software for decades and have become zombified and shellshocked; the idea that software could be on your side is to alien to them. They hate software and technology and just want to get some work done. They tolerate the abuse because they can't fight Google alone; it's pointless to resist.

[intrasight]

You have that. Run Chrome browser on Linux. We should be thankful we have Linux.

[allddd]

GrapheneOS is as close as you can get to something like this.

[fsflover]

No, PureOS is closer.

[mehdix]

Writing this in GrapheneOS where Google Play and Services run just like another app in a sandbox. Moreover, there is a network access permission that allows you to block any app from accessing the network, which is surprisingly the reason why Google does not approve GrapheneOS as compatible to let it pass hardware attestation test (if enforced).

[ignoramous]

> Google as an app, not OS

https://furilabs.com/

https://jolla.com/

https://pine64.org/devices/pinephone/

[elAhmo]

But Google doesn't want you running their app and not their OS, this is the whole idea behind Android and their hardware in general :)

[Synaesthesia]

Well yeah that's the problem. The Google monopoly. Google and Apple are the only one out there, in the West at least. It's a huge problem. We have given all the power to two giant corporations. Really the only institution which can compel a change is the state.

[stavros]

Yeah but what you just said is "I don't want to run Android", which, sure, you can do.