- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.
Originally published on The Lever, but that one asks you to sign up.
And thus highlights the hypocrisy of their “let’s all be friends” messaging around getting Apple to adopt RCS; Google holds the keys to integrating RCS in messaging apps on Android. Last I heard they only granted access to Samsung.
I’d be willing to excuse a mobile OS for being partially or completely proprietary if it was good. But neither Android nor iOS are.
The last time I checked, a Linux smartphone was in the works, but still had quite a ways yet to go . . .
The year of the linux phone is almost upon us…
I have been “using” a Pinephone for quite awhile now. However, since it runs Linux, it doesn’t actually work. I have invested many hours and even basic shit like calling does not work 100% of the time, let alone more “complicated” things like a working email client. It just isn’t worth it. I will stick with my Windows 10 Mobile phones for now.
Someone needs to break the duopoly. HarmonyOS isn’t open source but I’m hoping it will force Google and others to behave.
i guess i’ll have to try lineageOS instead.
No wonder. A shame that people didn’t want to support neither Firefox OS or other free Mobile OS…
They never did make a good smartphone. Android has always been garbage on top of garbage.