Yep. Thanks to this, I’m moving to IOS with a x64 handheld. I won’t need a smartphone beyond calls and tethering so, why bother. Google can enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Comment on Rumour: Google intends to discontinue the Android Open Source Project – OSnews
woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Full AOSP compatibility for Pixel devices is a huge reason to buy a Pixel instead of a 3rd party OEM. They’re shooting themselves in the foot.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 days ago
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
the EU needs a smartphone brand like…yesterday
Germans, get cooking!
LWD@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Maybe Google is comfortable enough offering the Pixel as a typical consumer device now, instead of a developer one. They used to be able to differentiate themselves from their competitors, but there aren’t many competitors left.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is probably a fraction of one percent of the pixel purchases.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Maybe but those 1% of buyers are multiplicators incentivizing others to buy the same phone.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 days ago
Yes, they incentivize another 0.001%. How is google going to survive this?
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Tech geeks acting as multiplication factors are the people who brought Apple from obscurity to mainstream.