Comment on Apple calls Android a 'massive tracking device'

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  SOME hardware. I hope you’re not picky with your devices.

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s a higher count than Apple with exactly…0

    Does anyone else remember that old project from many moons ago that was working on getting Android working on iOS devices

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep! I remember running Android on an original iPhone (just for fun, really).

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    • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I member!

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• hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hello from GrapheneOS 👋

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  • willis936@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The GrapheneOS kicked out of AOSP for being toxic and shady?

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I dunno about that but the toxic guy was also kicked out of Graphene

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• BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Android being open source

  Hahahahaha. Good one.

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes. LineageOS and GrapheneOS among other forks are some obvious counterexamples to the narrative that Android isn’t open source. Then there are the countless vendors that use it in China without Google software. I know it’s cool to hate on Google and I do partake but that’s simply a fact.

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    • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Those are missing major parts of a full Android system. Play Services is a huge one.

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      • tiredcapillary@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No, they’re not. You can use sandboxed google services, if you want to. Or you can use FOSS apps.

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Keep digging, bud

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  • elouboub@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Android is opensource. It has closed source components, but they aren't necessary to run Android.

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    • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And they’re completely replaceable as there are clean interfaces between the closed source components and the open source base.

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      • jayrhacker@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If those are you idea of clean interfaces… wow.

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    • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Exactly. It’s like saying Linux isn’t open source because some distros come with proprietary NVidia drivers.

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    • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mayor parts that are very much necessary for a fully functional Android system are closed source. Play Services is a big one.

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      • thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes. I would like to see a DIY selfhosted replacement for play services that is a direct swap in, in the sense that as an end user I couldn’t tell the difference (notifications primarily)

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• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No kettle here, just a couple of pots. The kettle is shiny and reflective. The pot is seeing its own reflection in the kettle. Hence there’s no kettle in this scenario.

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    🤯 Thank you for your service.

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