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AOSP style is true open source, not Android. There are not too many phones sold with AOSP, and Android is a closed platform built on top of open AOSP core.

• ulfw 7y ago
  A phone is frankly unusable with just AOSP with today's apps
  • Jabbles 7y ago
    Today's open source apps?
    • cameronbrown 7y ago
      Not saying I agree with the state of things, but very few people use open source apps other than a few high-profile ones (Chrome, Firefox, Telegram, et Al). We need open source alternatives to everything for AOSP to be truly viable again.
      • JetSpiegel 7y ago
        LineageOS with F-Droid practically achieves this, but Google's contracts stop OEM from distributing this. The same situation from Microsoft and Linux a while back.
        • cameronbrown 7y ago
          You or I may be able and willing to buy OSS phones, but the average consumer never would common proprietary software (FB, YouTube). OEMs would never bother selling them in the first place, obligations or not.
          • JetSpiegel 7y ago
            Can't you redistribute NewPipe, and the whole shebang? I agree that selling phones with AOSP/LineageOS only is worthless. For Facebook, you can make a custom Firefox bookmark, or one of those WebViews hard-coded to Facebook.
        • seba_dos1 7y ago
          You need to add microG to the mix, otherwise a lot of Android apps (including many open ones) won't work at all on your "Android".