I'm curious to know why one has to fork Android instead of fixing it to provide privacy out of the box? AOSP is a respectable open-source project, yes? If patc

I'm curious to know why one has to fork Android instead of fixing it to provide privacy out of the box? AOSP is a respectable open-source project, yes? If patches were submitted to make google tracking optional and improve privacy for privacy minded folks, would they not accept those patches?