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Has the AOSP project failed consumers?
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this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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Google absolutely made a calculated decision when they decided to allow device manufacturers to fork AOSP and introduce closed-source modifications. If it wasn't for that, I can't imagine OEMs would have wanted to get on board, and so we wouldn't have seen the huge adoption that happened, and Android might have become just another failed operating system.
I do truly wish for a fully open-source "Linux on the phone" type experience, but what always kills that is apps, because companies just don't make them unless the market share is there. Even Microsoft had to pull out after pumping so much money into Windows phone, and I think most of the reason was because they couldn't incentivise developers to make apps enough.
So I'm glad at least I can run Calyx, and have just a tiny bit more freedom while still keeping the apps I need, even if it's nowhere near perfect.