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> Not sure if the big manufacturers would want to depend on a proprietary Google OS. They already do; Google's flavour of Android adds plenty of proprietary co
by WhyNotHugo 10mo ago
> Not sure if the big manufacturers would want to depend on a proprietary Google OS.
They already do; Google's flavour of Android adds plenty of proprietary components on top of AOSP.
- palata 10mo agoThey depend on the Play Service and Play Store, that's for sure. But I'm pretty sure they know it's a risk already. Don't get me wrong: they are locked-in, that's a fact. And to be fair they benefit from all the work of Google on the OS. But that's not a reason to desire to go further and lose even more control.
- fsflover 10mo agoWhat exactly are they going to do? Support GNU/Linux?
- palata 10mo agoIf Google goes proprietary with AOSP? They could fork AOSP, or go with their own proprietary system (like Huawei is successfully doing). Linux distros (including non-GNU/Linux distros, e.g. busybox/Linux distros) are way behind for smartphones. I don't think they would switch to that.
- fsflover 10mo agoAre you saying that developing their own system is easier than using existing one that needs some tinkering?