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The main problem is SoC lock-ins. You can find aftermarket AOSP for Android devices. Sadly it's inferior of the days where you can run a mainline OS on 20 year
by rock_artist 5y ago
The main problem is SoC lock-ins.
You can find aftermarket AOSP for Android devices.
Sadly it's inferior of the days where you can run a mainline OS on 20 year old device (eg. it is possible to run 32bit Windows 10 on first Intel MacBook from 2006).
Another thing is apps, usually us developers drop "legacy" OSes as it's hard to support them (or worse a mobile store enforces dropping such support). So someone with old phone can't even use it anymore.
There are some "open-source" SoC or more environmental/reusable approaches but it's just a drop in the ocean.