R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Dang, it sounds like <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> is really trying to kill <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> OSes.</p><p><a href="https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/848e13c7-1bcf-49d3-ad75-02055c0b9576" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/848e13c7-1bcf-49d3-ad75-02055c0b9576</a></p><p>What are my <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/aosp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOSP</span></a> peeps planning to do?</p><p>If OS updates get a lot slower because of this, I might have to go back to iPhone. 😭🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/calyx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Calyx</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lineage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lineage</span></a></p> <p>UPDATE: This update from the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a> project helps answer some questions: <a href="https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/11/android-16-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/11/android-16-plans/</a></p><p>It would seem that <em>all</em> Pixel devices will require a lot more work to port Android 16 to. It's not impossible, by any stretch, but Google has absolutely stopped helping the community in any way.</p><p>This is very bad news, all around. Not the <em>worst</em> news, by far, but quite bad.</p>