Are there any downsides to this? There has to be, right.
SailfishOS userland is proprietary software. AOSP is more open than SailfishOS. The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.
Upside of SailfishOS: There is a decent chance that the upcoming Linux ARM version of Steam + Proton will run directly on that device.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 week ago
I don’t see it really as a downside compared to Android, since no OEM is running clean AOSP.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This article is about Fairphone with /e/OS, not some other OEM with a proprietary Android variant.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 week ago
Then you are off-topic as well.
/e/OS is based on LineageOS. AOSP alone has very little “userland” still actively maintained.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No. Pelespirit asked about Jolla which is mentioned in the article. I gave context for Jolla’s Android compatibility. It’s 100% on topic.
And: “The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.”