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> Google has spent the last decade cutting apart the open part of Android and making it more and more proprietary. Replacing those bits is still less work than
by rapsey 7y ago
> Google has spent the last decade cutting apart the open part of Android and making it more and more proprietary.
Replacing those bits is still less work than writing your own entire OS. There are even open source projects to replace those bits.
- kuschku 7y agoYes, microG exists and is amazing — but even it is only replacing an absolutely tiny part of the APIs, and even those it can’t replace fully yet and a lot of work is still to be done. I remember days when Android was still open, nowadays I’m fighting against the ever-increasing restrictions with my open source apps with every single OS update.
- acct1771 7y agoNo, no, no - GP isn't saying replace the bits that support the proprietary Google services. They're saying that there's easy and simple drop in replacements, app and service wise that can hook into better services/ones you host.
- kuschku 7y agoThere are? Now that’s interesting, because I’ve spent the past 5 years developing open source Android apps and such projects. (And e.g. my app Quasseldroid is also on F-Droid) I’d be interested in what existing, working solution for a FCM replacement there is? Replacing the apps is simple, replacing the services is the hard part. If there is a working open FCM alternative, please link it, I’d immediately add support for it in my apps.
- acct1771 7y agoIf you're reading this, and would like to see a solid selection of these: www.F-Droid.org