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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  • appropriateghost@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    If in the future i’m ever forced to drop smart phones because of further proprietary/removal of open source option then i’m definitely going this route.

    have a dumb phone and just rely on a good laptop.

    On second thought… maybe this is the way.