So that title is just a straight up lie. They want to use a de-googled Android.
To be honest I was hoping for an alternative OS, competition is always good. But a de-googled Android could possibly be good, but being Chinese I assume instead of Google telemetry you’ll just be replacing it with CCP telemetry.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Before anyone gets too excited, it is just big Chinese brands looking for de-googled Android. They are still going to use Android.
LMurch@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
de-Googled android sounds even better. The story is cooler than the title!
eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I like your spirit, but I don’t think a Chinese equivalent to Google Play Services would be more desirable
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I mean they just replace Google with their own Chinese data-mining services so, no, not cool.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They are already degoogled for the Chinese market. What the Chinese Android variants to not have is a shared replacement for Play Services and a shared app store because everyone is doing their own thing for maps API, payment, …
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called “the People’s Stick.”
—Mikhail Bakunin
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I run that already with CalyxOS. I dig it.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
a duopoly is better than a monopoly but 3 platforms would be better
agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It also says:
So, it’s not clear yet.
radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
The US/China decoupling is happening everywhere.
libra00@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The front line is everywhere, there be no shelter here.
dzso@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I live in Asia. I’m European and meet a lot of Chinese tourists. Trying to find a common ground with digital services we both use is impractical to the point where we often can’t connect online.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I thought android in China was already de-googled
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Some Chinese phone release outside China also began to de-googled as well. At least that’s the case for Huawei in Indonesia.
knighthawk0811@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
de-googled Android you say?
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ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Too bad that what you want in a Google-free Android distro isn’t what the manufacturers want.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
KDE connect is already pretty sweet
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
What about /e/OS?
pycorax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So like how Huawei was hyping up their new mobile OS which was really just AOSP?
atthecoast@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
This was a transitional stage, HarmonyOS Next is running a fully different kernel and runtime
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
HarmonyOS is not AOSP anymore. It does not run Android apps anymore.