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shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t HarmonyOS just AOSP with their own apps and no Google Play services? Like, don’t get me wrong. I would totally champion more devices not having Google Play services. Personally i have been running LineageOS/GrapheneOS without them since 2019.

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schizoidman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It is not

While discarding the common Unix-like Linux kernel, HarmonyOS NEXT also replaces the previous multikernel system with its own HarmonyOS microkernel.

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- MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  But why? The kernel is not a Google thing.
  
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  - WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    they probably consider it as an american thing. but also, users have less freedom on their devices, because good luck to find a better OS for it
    
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- shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Ah, okay. Thanks
  
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