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But being open source means that one could fork AOSP. Also the Google proprietary stuff comes with the Play Services, not AOSP. So AOSP is a lot better than th

by palata 2y ago

But being open source means that one could fork AOSP. Also the Google proprietary stuff comes with the Play Services, not AOSP. So AOSP is a lot better than the alternatives, I would say. I have a different feeling about Chromium: it is open source, but through it Google gets to control the future of the Web. But Android is not a standard, it's "just" one OS, so changes made by Google in AOSP don't really impact, say, iOS.

wicket 2y ago
Let me know when the efforts of Mobifree lead to something that will allow me to install mainline Linux.
- j4hdufd8 2y ago
  There are already phones like that. Go for it.
- palata 2y ago
  Try PostmarketOS?
realusername 2y ago
> But Android is not a standard, it's "just" one OS, so changes made by Google in AOSP don't really impact, say, iOS. That's interesting because I personally do believe that Android is kind of the mobile standard, it has everything to be one, from the wide variety of devices to the certifications of conformity.
- palata 2y ago
  Much less than Chromium, right? Almost all users run Chromium, whereas you can run iOS and it has nothing to do with the AOSP codebase.