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Android is the worst part of their monopoly. They control everything on the phone down to the hardware. Mobile desperately needs an "IBM compatible" moment to
by throwaway189262 6y ago
Android is the worst part of their monopoly. They control everything on the phone down to the hardware.
Mobile desperately needs an "IBM compatible" moment to usher in free use of other operating systems
- iso1210 6y agohttps://ausdroid.net/2020/10/28/xda-made-a-phone-damn-right-they-did-and-its-got-a-mechanical-keyboard/ https://ausdroid.net/2020/10/28/xda-made-a-phone-damn-right-...
- fxtentacle 6y agoThank you for sharing this :)
- miohtama 6y agoThe problem is that Google seems to be only one writing good software. If you have used Tizens of mobile vendors or customised Androids they tend to be crap. Google keeps software quality up, forces vendors to roll out patches.
- jdndbfbf 6y agoAndroid itself is open source. The issue is Google play services that provides a lot of functionally that many apps rely on. You can run something like lineage os or graphene os, it works great for basic phone and browser functionality.