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> By now we could be running UUCPesque media feeds over local ad-hoc wifi with free educational resources, reliable dockable workstations in our pocket and a se

> By now we could be running UUCPesque media feeds over local ad-hoc wifi with free educational resources, reliable dockable workstations in our pocket and a self-organizing community economy rewarding social and environmental values. You can build your dream on Android right now. It provides all the basic infrastructure to make it possible. The reality is that not enough people share your dream to make it viable.

contingencies 5y ago
Look harder and you will find that the base permissions model and connectivity paradigms within Android greatly frustrate this range of outcomes and the political will amongst the project for changing this does not exist as it runs counter to the centralised monitoring and personalized advertising income stream of Google. Attempting to simultaneously cajole multiple large-scale device manufacturers to add a non-standard addition at breakneck hardware and OS release pace would be virtually impossible. The fact that drivers are bundled with OS releases thus making third party system upgrades extremely tedious to create for any given hardware revision is not an accident but a designed process element to better aggregate control. Therefore, while the outcome is objectively barred, corporate can still doublespeak an "open" platform. Google is evil. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
- lern_too_spel 5y ago
  > Look harder and you will find that the base permissions model and connectivity paradigms within Android greatly frustrate this range of outcomes and the political will amongst the project for changing this does not exist as it runs counter to the centralised monitoring and personalized advertising income stream of Google. In what way? Everything you said can be built on Android right now. > Attempting to simultaneously cajole multiple large-scale device manufacturers to add a non-standard addition at breakneck hardware and OS release pace would be virtually impossible. This is not necessary to implement the idea. > The fact that drivers are bundled with OS releases thus making third party system upgrades extremely tedious to create for any given hardware revision is not an accident You don't have to use that hardware. Android supports hardware that has open drivers.

contingencies 5y ago

Look harder and you will find that the base permissions model and connectivity paradigms within Android greatly frustrate this range of outcomes and the political will amongst the project for changing this does not exist as it runs counter to the centralised monitoring and personalized advertising income stream of Google. Attempting to simultaneously cajole multiple large-scale device manufacturers to add a non-standard addition at breakneck hardware and OS release pace would be virtually impossible. The fact that drivers are bundled with OS releases thus making third party system upgrades extremely tedious to create for any given hardware revision is not an accident but a designed process element to better aggregate control. Therefore, while the outcome is objectively barred, corporate can still doublespeak an "open" platform. Google is evil. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

lern_too_spel 5y ago
> Look harder and you will find that the base permissions model and connectivity paradigms within Android greatly frustrate this range of outcomes and the political will amongst the project for changing this does not exist as it runs counter to the centralised monitoring and personalized advertising income stream of Google. In what way? Everything you said can be built on Android right now. > Attempting to simultaneously cajole multiple large-scale device manufacturers to add a non-standard addition at breakneck hardware and OS release pace would be virtually impossible. This is not necessary to implement the idea. > The fact that drivers are bundled with OS releases thus making third party system upgrades extremely tedious to create for any given hardware revision is not an accident You don't have to use that hardware. Android supports hardware that has open drivers.