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It is super worrying that in the 7 years nothing really changed for better in this regard, with Google only making things even less open and removing more user
by m4rtink 6y ago
It is super worrying that in the 7 years nothing really changed for better in this regard, with Google only making things even less open and removing more user control.
- scarface74 6y agoAnd this was very much when Rubin was still at Google.
- ineedasername 6y agoHe was still at Google, but sidelined from Android into the robotics division, shortly after which he quit. Sure, it's speculation, but perhaps it was precisely because he disliked and objected to the direction Android was taking. Of course the timing isn't proof, but this article was written at nearly the exact time that he was shifted off of Android.
- scarface74 6y agoHe disliked the direction Android was going and then started a company to sell Android phones?
- ineedasername 6y agoPlenty of people don't like Microsoft very much but still develop software for it or hardware to run it on. OEM's have had a rocky relationship with them over the years. Rubin may simply have wanted to work on what he saw as an excellent direction for mobile hardware, and Android was about the only option for the OS. Regardless, my point stands: At the time that Android was undergoing this shift, Rubin was moving away from Android. Without specific evidence of his seal of approval on a more closed-source Android, painting him as a hypocrite amounts to malign assumption. Without evidence to the contrary, giving a benefit of the doubt doesn't seem unreasonable.
- scarface74 6y agoSo which time in Androids history was Google’s services like the Play Store and Maps part of AOSP and didn’t have to be separately licensed with conditions?