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Time to ditch Android

4 August 2026

Android is everywhere.

Unless you're using an iPhone, chances are that you're using Android. Likewise, if you have a tablet that's not an iPad, Android is almost certainly going to be the OS that device uses.

As a result of the ubiquitous nature of Android, there are a huge number of apps and app developers who rely on Google's goodwill for their continued existence.

There's bad news, if you're one of those developers who values your privacy or if you're a user who relies on an app created by a niche programmer who doesn't want to surrender their government ID documentation to the faceless giant that is big-tech Alphabet.

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Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?

I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/

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