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Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/weve-acquired-motorola-mobility/ https://blog.google/company-

by zx8080 8mo ago

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/weve-acquired-motorola-mobility/ https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

phoronixrly 8mo ago
I was going to ask wasn't motorola bought and sold so many times that it ended up in Chinese hands. It ended up in Google's hands instead... Ngl, kind of underwhelming from Graphene Edit: wait, that's old news, it is part of Lenovo...
- okanat 8mo ago
  It ended up in Chinese hands.
- 3nrico 8mo ago
  That article is fron 2012. According to wikipedia Motorola Mobility was then aquired by Lenovo in 2014, and Lenovo still ownes Motorla Mobility to this day.
- Imustaskforhelp 8mo ago
  Thinkpads are also part of Lenovo and is technically Chinese. But see, which device is recommended for privacy purposes the most because of Libreboot/Coreboot and how much respected thinkpads are in the privacy minded community. Can't believe I am saying this but a chinese company can be good and an american company can be bad. Not an exact fan of china, especially their authoritarianism but I am not a fan of america right now either. For what its worth, a lot of American phone companies also use chinese factories or chinese components and assemble them in India or Vietnam (Apple) and then say that we are making phones in India which while true, isn't the most accurate picture but it keeps the masses happy.
  - cromka 8mo ago
    Models recommended for Coreboot are old ones. You can't get it on newer ones or can't even edit the UEFI/ACPI tables on them because firmware is a) signed b) on SMD nvram making it pita to flash
gib444 8mo ago
No, Lenovo owns Motorola Google owned it 2012-2014
gertrunde 8mo ago
Was, they sold it on to Lenovo in 2014. [ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp... ]
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jakkos 8mo ago
Google sold the company to Lenovo in 2014
tim-kt 8mo ago
Motorola was subsequently sold to Lenovo in 2014. https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp...
Youden 8mo ago
Only for two years: https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp... Didn't you read the article? It's kinda hard to miss the Lenovo all through the press release.
neumann 8mo ago
They sold Motorola to Lenovo in 2014
ItsHarper 8mo ago
No it's not. Google sold Motorola to Lenovo like a decade ago.
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klausa 8mo ago
Literally the first three words of the announcement that this submission is about are "Motorola, a Lenovo Company".
- doodlebugging 8mo ago
  That is four words.
  - ThePowerOfFuet 8mo ago
    Come on.
  - klausa 8mo ago
    I was gonna be a smartass about how in my native language it would count as three words; but then I went and consulted Wikipedia and it was so dense with linguistics jargon I realized I actually have no idea what a "word" is. But the consensus seems to be that in English that would indeed count as four words ;P
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mhio 8mo ago
Cunningham's Law in full effect!
Imustaskforhelp 8mo ago
Motorola is a lenovo company. Atleast in the former moto Phone I had, even its boot sequence included the logo of motorola and then saying, a lenovo company. It was a google company before 2014 but it was sold in 2014.
aniviacat 8mo ago
Is that still up to date? On Motorola Mobility's Wikipedia page [1] it says > [Motorola Mobility LLC] is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong based Chinese technology giant Lenovo. Lenovo is a publicly traded company, and according to its shareholding structure report for 2025 [2] its main shareholder is Legend Holdings Corporation. (Lenovo is also listed as a subsidiary on Legend Holding Corporation's Wikipedia page [3].) Legend Holding Corporation is again publicly traded, with all big shareholders being Chinese according to its 2024 annual report [4]. The biggest one is CAS Holdings with 30% of the shares. The China Academy of Sciences is owned by the Chinese government. So it seems like if Google still owns part of Motorola Mobility, it's not a main shareholder. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Mobility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Mobility [2] https://investor.lenovo.com/en/ir/shareholding.php https://investor.lenovo.com/en/ir/shareholding.php [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Holdings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Holdings [4] https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0429/2025042900001.pdf https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0429/2...

by zx8080 8mo ago

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/weve-acquired-motorola-mobility/ https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

phoronixrly 8mo ago

I was going to ask wasn't motorola bought and sold so many times that it ended up in Chinese hands. It ended up in Google's hands instead... Ngl, kind of underwhelming from Graphene Edit: wait, that's old news, it is part of Lenovo...

okanat 8mo ago
It ended up in Chinese hands.
3nrico 8mo ago
That article is fron 2012. According to wikipedia Motorola Mobility was then aquired by Lenovo in 2014, and Lenovo still ownes Motorla Mobility to this day.
Imustaskforhelp 8mo ago
Thinkpads are also part of Lenovo and is technically Chinese. But see, which device is recommended for privacy purposes the most because of Libreboot/Coreboot and how much respected thinkpads are in the privacy minded community. Can't believe I am saying this but a chinese company can be good and an american company can be bad. Not an exact fan of china, especially their authoritarianism but I am not a fan of america right now either. For what its worth, a lot of American phone companies also use chinese factories or chinese components and assemble them in India or Vietnam (Apple) and then say that we are making phones in India which while true, isn't the most accurate picture but it keeps the masses happy.
- cromka 8mo ago
  Models recommended for Coreboot are old ones. You can't get it on newer ones or can't even edit the UEFI/ACPI tables on them because firmware is a) signed b) on SMD nvram making it pita to flash

gib444 8mo ago

No, Lenovo owns Motorola Google owned it 2012-2014

gertrunde 8mo ago

Was, they sold it on to Lenovo in 2014. [ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp... ]

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jakkos 8mo ago

Google sold the company to Lenovo in 2014

tim-kt 8mo ago

Motorola was subsequently sold to Lenovo in 2014. https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp...

Youden 8mo ago

Only for two years: https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-completes-full-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp... Didn't you read the article? It's kinda hard to miss the Lenovo all through the press release.

neumann 8mo ago

They sold Motorola to Lenovo in 2014

ItsHarper 8mo ago

No it's not. Google sold Motorola to Lenovo like a decade ago.

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klausa 8mo ago

Literally the first three words of the announcement that this submission is about are "Motorola, a Lenovo Company".

doodlebugging 8mo ago
That is four words.
- ThePowerOfFuet 8mo ago
  Come on.
- klausa 8mo ago
  I was gonna be a smartass about how in my native language it would count as three words; but then I went and consulted Wikipedia and it was so dense with linguistics jargon I realized I actually have no idea what a "word" is. But the consensus seems to be that in English that would indeed count as four words ;P
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mhio 8mo ago

Cunningham's Law in full effect!

Imustaskforhelp 8mo ago

Motorola is a lenovo company. Atleast in the former moto Phone I had, even its boot sequence included the logo of motorola and then saying, a lenovo company. It was a google company before 2014 but it was sold in 2014.

aniviacat 8mo ago

Is that still up to date? On Motorola Mobility's Wikipedia page [1] it says > [Motorola Mobility LLC] is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong based Chinese technology giant Lenovo. Lenovo is a publicly traded company, and according to its shareholding structure report for 2025 [2] its main shareholder is Legend Holdings Corporation. (Lenovo is also listed as a subsidiary on Legend Holding Corporation's Wikipedia page [3].) Legend Holding Corporation is again publicly traded, with all big shareholders being Chinese according to its 2024 annual report [4]. The biggest one is CAS Holdings with 30% of the shares. The China Academy of Sciences is owned by the Chinese government. So it seems like if Google still owns part of Motorola Mobility, it's not a main shareholder. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Mobility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Mobility [2] https://investor.lenovo.com/en/ir/shareholding.php https://investor.lenovo.com/en/ir/shareholding.php [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Holdings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Holdings [4] https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0429/2025042900001.pdf https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0429/2...