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minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoThe OEM makes the hardware tho. How does that help if Google stops releasing the Android source code?
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoIf Google goes closed source and nobody sustainably forks Android we can go back to Linux. This should bring tablet (don’t care for phones) support to genuine usability rather soon.
Hence, a new OEM.
The OEM makes the hardware tho. How does that help if Google stops releasing the Android source code?
If Google goes closed source and nobody sustainably forks Android we can go back to Linux. This should bring tablet (don’t care for phones) support to genuine usability rather soon.