New fdroid store which is a deep state tool to spy on people who want privacy first.
Android 16 which I think has a code running in the background that even allows ai to spy on custom rom users through ai background processing.
Bad settings look( the rainbow theme on the settings)
New control centre that looks more like ios 26 than android and looks more modern but not good.
Blocking spam calls when I don’t get called on the phone anyway(only update inside of android 16 which is useless additional to the point that it’s android 16)
Location sharing on a phone which should be a privacy phone is always dodgy(coming soon)
Google app verification coming soon (to android 16,17 and up) and not to android 15.
-android 16 and every major update is always a opportunity for Google to improve and sophisticate their code to full surveillance where even custom roms will be subjected to some backdoor ai scripts which we don’t see to get our data which I think android 14 is even better than android 15 and so on, it will only get worse.
what are you talking about. if you mean ioDroid instead of F-Droid then you can swap them out, but you can also see in our source code the minor changes (which are implemented to allow automatic update installs and put our category at the top).
Not true. The code is open source from AOSP and LineageOS, and there is no substance to your claim.
Comment is better directed to LineageOS. It is out of our control. You can change.
Comment is better directed to LineageOS. It is out of our control, there is no sense residing on an A15 fork unless you can account for all the development effort to maintain that fork.
You don’t want that? Then disable from your Phone settings.
You don’t want that? then don’t be a premium user. Even as a premium user you don’t need to enable it!
Completely false. There will be NO SUCH thing, that is why we do not have full “Google Play Services” running on the device. There will be no verification needed to install apps from Aurora (Play Store), ioDroid / F-Droid, or local installs.
Please see above regarding AOSP and LineageOS bases being OPEN SOURCE.
Fair, but please bring up to LineageOS. Windows XP remains KING in the windows world, but it is not usable anymore. I didn’t make the Linux analogy because you still can use the minimal Linux distros / DEs but getting what apps you want to run on them LIKE A WEB BROWSER may be challenging
(note I had to edit your original post to remove a slur. We welcome ALL as equals and co-collaborators to this forum regardless of, race, ethnicity, language, sexual preference, gender identity, or any other category-making divisions. Dividing into categories of “them” or “those people” has nothing to do with software, and such a derogatory comment only shows that you are eager to not respect others and their privacy (and both of these items: respect for others and their own privacy are what iodéOS is all about), but at the same time probably assume you will be treated respectfully and have your identity affirmed. I don’t see how you are making this comment about your OS on your phone anyway.
Anyway, I did take time to reply above to your preferences for A15 because if others have misunderstandings like this it is fair that we be clear about what is a valid concern and what isn’t.
