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>AOSP has been a dead dream for a while now due to carriers locking down phones That's only in the US. Let's be honest here, AOSP is a dead dream because port
by tarancato 10y ago
>AOSP has been a dead dream for a while now due to carriers locking down phones
That's only in the US.
Let's be honest here, AOSP is a dead dream because porting and maintaining AOSP for a device is kinda complicated. Many people do it for free, but you can't rely on that.
- IshKebab 10y agoNo, AOSP is a dead dream because Google moved essential code into Google Play Services, which isn't open source.
- tarancato 10y agoEssential code such as what? Can't you boot AOSP without installing the Google apps?
- cwyers 10y agoEssential code for apps written against the platform's official APIs.
- IshKebab 10y agoYou can but a huge number of apps use Google Play Services and you can't use those. I suppose technically you couldn't get them anyway since you don't have Google Play, but anyway. GPS includes stuff like location services, Firebase, Chromecast, analytics, Google account authentication, Google Drive APIs, all the game stuff, Android Pay, etc.
- rhodysurf 10y agoYou can write plenty of good apps without google play services. Thats hyperbole.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoYou can. But since almost nobody does, there's no viable use for a phone without it. Bear in mind, even Microsoft, who was part of starting this investigation against Google... Even Microsoft's apps like Outlook and Skype won't run without Play Services installed and enabled.