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It's pretty much nothing, and the only reason anyone thinks it's impressive is because the competition is so abysmally bad. We've got free software projects li
by avar 3y ago
It's pretty much nothing, and the only reason anyone thinks it's impressive is because the competition is so abysmally bad.
We've got free software projects like the BSDs and Linux supporting hardware that's decades old with their latest releases, and we should be impressed when giant companies with infinitely more resources like Google and Apple can't even stretch OS support to a mere decade?
- solarkraft 3y agoIn different areas, though. Windows also supports some very old hardware and the FOSS community is also out of luck when phone chip makers stop releasing blobs/kernels.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoGoogle is in the best position to tell chipmakers they can't use proprietary blobs. They just aren't motivated enough to try.