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You could probably make the case that googles retarded “open source” android isn’t at all, violates the GPL and, separately, initiate an anti trust lawsuit pure
by 486sx33 2y ago
You could probably make the case that googles retarded “open source” android isn’t at all, violates the GPL and, separately, initiate an anti trust lawsuit purely on the way that play store API killed blackberry
- KetoManx64 2y agoIt is though, you can build AOSP without any of the Google Play store services and it will work just fine. Download some apps from F-droid and you will have a fully functional modern smartphone. I'm running a LineageOS based ROM on the phone I'm typing this out on with no Google Apps or services installed. Newpipe for YouTube, Waze for maps, MicroG for open source implementatiom of Google Services APIs. Works great
- TheCoelacanth 2y agoFully functional except for some key functionality like NFC payments which generally requires hardware attestation.