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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  • dutchkimble@lemy.lolEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Yep, mostly this. No more tinkering, whether it’s all the way to flashing roms etc or just trying out which alternatives I want to use for a dialer or sms app etc. definitely less notification spam too.