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Reverse engineering certain android software components might enable more phones to work under linux as well as lineage or similar. For instance if a modem requires a certain kernel module under android, that might be usable in linux as well.
And potentially make them better too. Maybe a generic wireless driver that works on almost all phones (even if slow), or it's not uncommon for the industry to gatekeep features to newer models. OSS would likely get those features running on old hardware anyway.
That's not even mentioning the spyware and AI garbage baked into everything. Or nerfing cpu/battery performance on devices for planned obsolescence.
That sounds useful but I thought the biggest issue was services require google certified software and hardware or something to that effect
I think that is the big upcoming issue, yes. I don't quite understand the nuances but the gist seems to be they are locking it down so F-Droid can't work anymore. Still, blobs could help linux.