Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day
eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoGrapheneOS is not limited by Google, as long as the bootloader is unlockable and Google contnues releasing the sources. Longterm, the GOS project needs to support alternative hardware platforms.
DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think the problem is your second assumption of “will continue releasing sources” is the one to fail.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Hence, a new OEM.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The OEM makes the hardware tho. How does that help if Google stops releasing the Android source code?
eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
If Google goes closed source and nobody sustainably forks Android we can go back to Linux. This should bring tablet (don’t care for phones) support to genuine usability rather soon.