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 capacity over the last decade.

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.

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  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    1·
    7 days ago

    No wonder. A shame that people didn’t want to support neither Firefox OS or other free Mobile OS…

  • ArtixCory@lemmy.mlEnglish
    141·
    7 days ago

    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.

    • macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world
      31·
      7 days ago

      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.