Very much doing the right thing for the wrong reasons here.
Comment on DOJ renews call for Google to sell Chrome, and Android could be next
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 week ago
This just sucks all around. Google is a monopolistic miasma of suck, and the current DoJ is a fascist cesspool of suck. No matter the outcome here, I expect the average person will be the loser, and the billionaires will get richer/more access to our data.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 week ago
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Agree. Did Google not kiss Trump’s ass enough? Is that why they’re still going after them?
Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There is one possible bright spot. Google could and should, completely open source all parts of Android. Bringing in all the nature handset manufacturers into a Consortium along with Google to guide and maintain the development. No longer having sole control over it. It’s Google did that they would still retain some control, and be able to stick it to the current administration, while the average user would now have a fully open source Android that would benefit them. But you’re right I don’t really see that happening.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
Android is open source except for Google Play Services. Other major companies attempted to gain market share in Android but couldn’t because of the power of Google’s monopoly.
I don’t see how a consortium fixes this.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 week ago
If only. I had the same thought, except it was somebody like GrapheneOS buying it and open-sourcing it, but it’s still too early to say where things will go.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They unfortunately I don’t think will ever have the kind of money required to do something like that. While Google doesn’t make tons of money from Android itself. It has immense value. Consider Also that large portions of Android already are open sourced. The main problem being Google play services. They keep moving OS functionality from general purpose open libraries into their proprietary ones to maintain control.
All they really need to do is work on undoing that and giving other groups and equal voice on its future and development. Then there isn’t much the fascist government can do. Not that they won’t try and throw a fit. But they’ll do that regardless. But yes pull out as much from the Google Play services as possible and open it up app store wise. Putting other app stores front and center with their own and giving them equal billing. Like F Droid Etc. Which I already use for all of my apps that aren’t needlessly made proprietary. Google would do this if they were smart. It’s a bit of scorched Earth. But that’s the best kind when it comes to fascists. The administration will work hard to get it sold off to an ally and last thing we need is Russia with control over Android LOL
stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
We’ll go from Google sucking up all our data to another entity sucking up all our data and selling it to other people. How much funding does it take to keep Chrome running?
Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s a good question and something that is not going to be easy to find out. You’d have to figure out who inside Google works on it their hourly pay and how many hours Etc they actually spend on it.