the article author does not know what eff they are speaking about: The AOSP counterparts are buggy, feature deprived, and by at least some accounts, barely main

the article author does not know what eff they are speaking about: The AOSP counterparts are buggy, feature deprived, and by at least some accounts, barely maintained. If that sentence was true than stuff like the phone app would not work, obviously it does :) Author does not realize that AOSP is a snapshot of the full android OS