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so whats stopping a realFOSS fork of android? are boot loaders locked? too much diversity? do we need to buy one of those phone farms used by botters?
by cyanydeez 4mo ago
so whats stopping a realFOSS fork of android? are boot loaders locked? too much diversity? do we need to buy one of those phone farms used by botters?
- soraminazuki 4mo agoFOSS fork of Android is useless without hardware capable of running them. Which means you need hardware manufacturers and telecom companies on your side.
- preisschild 4mo agoGoogle Pixels are open ;)
- soraminazuki 4mo agoExcept Google is the very company progressively shutting out open source efforts out of the Android ecosystem.
- akimbostrawman 4mo agoNothing they will continue to work just like before, this is only an issue if you include the proprietary rootkit that is google play services.