Rumour: Google intends to discontinue the Android Open Source Project – OSnews

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• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Full AOSP compatibility for Pixel devices is a huge reason to buy a Pixel instead of a 3rd party OEM. They’re shooting themselves in the foot.

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  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That is probably a fraction of one percent of the pixel purchases.

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe but those 1% of buyers are multiplicators incentivizing others to buy the same phone.

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  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep. Thanks to this, I’m moving to IOS with a x64 handheld. I won’t need a smartphone beyond calls and tethering so, why bother. Google can enjoy the fruits of their labor.

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the EU needs a smartphone brand like…yesterday

      www.fairphone.com

      Germans, get cooking!

      www.gigaset.com/…/smartphones-uebersicht.html

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• 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They planned so from the start.

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• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Of course they are. They always did. The entire ecosystem is so closely tied to google services that it’s almost impossible to use the phone without them (if you want to use banking and security apps). For now the only alternative is iOS and I’m starting to doubt if mobile Linux will ever become usable.

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  • Rancor_Tangerine@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    iOS isn’t any better. I’m looking to OnePlus and maybe LineageOS. Hopefully GrapheneOS isn’t dead.

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think iOS is better than stock Android because Apple is not in ad business so it has better privacy protections. It’s locked ecosystem sucks but privacy wise it’s better.

      I went with GrapheneOS because it’s fairly large user base means that it will last longer than other, less used mods. But in the end it will only survive for as long as Google let’s it.

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    • Feitan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lineage os and graphene os are both based on AOSP, no ? How to expect these projects to survive if AOSP becomes closed source ?

      What worries me the most is the support for our phone. Constructor provides bad to average support for new android versions. Meanwhile, these projects can last for a long time. I have a one plus 7 pro and it is running on YAAP, receives OTA security updates every month and all the major versions of Android. Killing AOSP will lead to killing long term support of our phone.

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Soooo, that means that android is fucked but custom roms should be able to continue from android 15, not?

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  • LWD@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How will Samsung/OnePlus use Android 17 and 18?

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