Comment on Why is it called linux phone?
kinkles@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
- Yes, android is technically Linux
- There are forks (Graphene, e, etc) but none approach the popularity of traditional Android so you’ll never find them on phones sold by major retailers/carriers
- Theres not a huge market (or rather, it’s not a huge moneymaker) to develop an android fork that focuses on things like privacy and security. There’s a reason phones come preloaded with Facebook and Candy Crush.
bananabread@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
And sideloading is looking to get more difficult