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Lock-in through privileges in access to infrastructure, control via default services, "system as a service" etc means OSS licences no longer provide much of a g
by muyuu 7y ago
Lock-in through privileges in access to infrastructure, control via default services, "system as a service" etc means OSS licences no longer provide much of a guarantee towards the ownership and control of your own software and hardware.
But this has been the case of a long time already.
Maybe a consortium of China-backed companies (Huawei, Xiaomi, OnePlus, etc) could create a viable fork of Android and/or put enough weight behind an alternative app store that it could be a viable alternative for the mainstream (say, F-Droid, Aptoide, etc).
Thing is, on such short notice they will struggle and it doesn't seem like they have preemptively prepared to a full-blown switch of OS/ecosystem AND also an architecture switch (British ARM also joining the US sanctions).