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Comment on China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
About that last sentence about software support determining the future of risc-v. It will overtake x86 (eventually) just due to the nature of OSS. At first OS platforms arent as good… Until suddenly they are. Ask Apple. When the iPhone first launched, it was a million times better than Android. And yet now they are totally on par with each other. And Android has the edge in a lot of cases.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Android gets a leg up from being built on a FLOSS base but I don’t think it was the community that pushed Android to where it is today. That’s taken a lot of money and resources from Google and it’s phone partners investing in the slightly more open platform than Apple.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Another example would be Home Assistant. Why exactly should my device have to connect to the internet and communicate with a cloud server somewhere that can be shut down only to communicate with my phone back at my house? With Home Assistant, my device communicates locally with my Home Assistant device and my Home Assistant device communicates locally with my phone. No internet required.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, it’s obviously the price that pushed Android to where it is today.
The fact is, you can buy some models of Android phones (new) for under $75. This makes smart phones affordable even in developing countries. That fact has sent the number of smart phones in people’s hands through the roof. And honestly, part of what makes them cheap to manufacture is in fact that FLOSS base and that any company can develop one.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
No, almost all of the UI features we think normal of a smartphone today, were first on a custom ROM.