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I don't think anyone expects the Android OS to be a collection of entirely open source device drivers. Those proprietary drivers are specific to the myriad of

I don't think anyone expects the Android OS to be a collection of entirely open source device drivers. Those proprietary drivers are specific to the myriad of hardware that the OEMs are running the OS on. You can still run Android on any hardware you have the drivers for, or emulate it in a virtual machine.

rapnie 7y ago
I agree. I was mostly refering to the last part of the quote where it mentions 'accessing Google services'.
- _0ffh 7y ago
  Well, naturally, this is the cash cow part of Android. Google wouldn't want to make it easy to write an open replacement.