>>if people can upgrade and install any software they want, that reduces incentive for them to buy a new phone every 3 years >You are going to be limited by th

>>if people can upgrade and install any software they want, that reduces incentive for them to buy a new phone every 3 years >You are going to be limited by the support of the BSP even if you can install any software you want. You will end up stuck on old software which may not be properly maintained especially if the OEM has moved on to supporting newer products. If I am able to install current Debian on a laptop it does not matter if its a 20 year old laptop, I have the newest apps from the repositories and I can build/obtain via other repos newer versions if I want. Its not the OEMs responsibility its the software and distro community's responsibility under the sane system where users control their machine. And being able to install a current OS on that hardware is a matter of having the drivers available either by someone reverse engineering it in case of hostile/dead manufacturer or the manufacturer making it available in a form Linux kernel devs can mainline it or otherwise make it work with their distro for the phone. >>As I said, its not Android the piece of software rather the manufacturers who hate users >Then what's the point of this argument if you agree AOSP is a fine way to have an OS with Linux on a phone. Again I repeat the reason why people want Linux on the phone is so they can own and control the phone. So it does not matter if their choice is Debian or AOSP or anything else, and the practical reality is that this need is 99% unfulfifled in current market.