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They weren't interested in supporting Linux before Android. They aren't going to be interested in supporting Linux after Android. Google hasn't extinguished a

• coldtea 5y ago
  Your argument amounts to: "Before X happened, and after X had stopped happening, X wasn't happening". Logically it's very strong. It's also neither here, nor there. The "extinguish" part refers to the transition from Linux on mobile being a thing thanks to Android (on billions of devices) to Linux on mobile not being a thing anymore (or being a small niche) in a post-Android/Fucscia world. It doesn't matter if Linux on mobile wasn't a thing before Android, the same way when defending a murder "Well, the victim wasn't alive before it was born either, judge" is not an argument.
  • user-the-name 5y ago
    That is not at all what "embrace, extend, extinguish" refers to. What you are describing is what happens when an inferior technology is replaced by a better one.
    • coldtea 5y ago
      >That is not at all what "embrace, extend, extinguish" refers to. I'll agree with that. It still is "use X when convenient, profit off X, build your own replacement piecemeal, throw X away and let it die" though.
      • user-the-name 5y ago
        > It still is "use X when convenient, profit off X, build your own replacement piecemeal, throw X away and let it die" though. Pretty sure doing that falls under the essential software freedoms, though, doesn't it.
        • coldtea 5y ago
          Doesn't EEE also fall under the essential software freedoms?