Keep Android Open

@Derpitron Probably HSBC, but probably not bring-your-own-key.

I think just sending a mail to CCI is too meek of action from our side. Developers can resist verification, but we lose out on users.

At least for users there is nothing much to do, I proposed we do a boycott google's android campaign instead.

custom rom plus microg as a middle ground, though ideal would be mobian or postmarketos

custom rom plus android should cover banking apps I guess

we can have levels like 1. custom rom + microg - banking apps 2. custom rom, no gapps 3. droidian / furios 4. mobian / postmarketos + waydroid 5. mobian / postmarketos, no waydroid

Please comment here if you'd like such a campaign.

@Pirate Praveen I am in agreement except for the word "instead". We can do both. (But I think writing to the CCI is already done anyway, so this is a moot point.)

A "Boycott Google's Android" campaign is in line with FSCI's philosophy as Google's Android is not fully Free Software—in fact it is AOSP with proprietary parts added on top. The issue is that Google is the main force behind AOSP as well: we can think of it like "open core" except that the core is increasingly shrinking.

So, the ideal case is to remove dependency on AOSP completely, but since that is not practical for everyone we can instead have different levels which people can get to based on what is comfortable/achievable for them.

To start with, maybe we can make a website with information about these levels? Similar to keepandroidopen.org. It could be just a single page to start with, with links to information. Or we can start a wiki page first to add the content quickly, and then convert to a website later for better presentation. In any case I think the wiki would be useful as we can point to information about making UPI payments, etc.