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This is a Fuchsia casualty, and it won't be the last. Google cannot afford to innovate with hardware until they are done replacing the open-source kernel in An
by stonogo 10y ago
This is a Fuchsia casualty, and it won't be the last. Google cannot afford to innovate with hardware until they are done replacing the open-source kernel in Android. Once that's done, and OEMs are accustomed to writing Fuchsia drivers instead, they can use increased leverage over manufacturers to drive hardware innovations in directions they want.
- monkmartinez 10y agoCan you please elaborate? I am not following your logic.
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoInteresting theory but Fuchsia seems years away (unless they have a non-public repo that is much further along)
- cpeterso 10y agoWhy are hardware innovations not possible with Android's Linux kernel? OEMs' concerns about the GPL?
- pjmlp 10y agoYes, the kernel is the only GPL component on the stack. Google just deprecated gcc and will only offer clang on future NDK versions. Native apps are so constrained in Android that they could replace Linux with something else and only OEMs writing drivers would notice. Fuchsia takes this further by not having any GPL component at all.
- fuck_google 10y agoGood old bait 'n' switch that Google is getting to become known for.