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- Comment on Keep Android Open (Stop Google from limiting APK file usage) 2 months ago:
It’s actually the opposite. GOS GPS are real GPS, most other AOSP distros use MicroG, which is reimplementation of GPS.
- Comment on Keep Android Open (Stop Google from limiting APK file usage) 2 months ago:
Yes. Most of those AOSP forks still use elements of android (google play services) for compatibility reasons.
- Comment on Keep Android Open (Stop Google from limiting APK file usage) 2 months ago:
Not quite, but I would accept that.
AOSP is an open source OS based on a Linux kernel. Importantly, it is not a linux distro. GrapheneOS and LineageOS are downstream, open source derivatives of AOSP. Android is the same, but is proprietary.
Android isn’t just what is added on top of AOSP, just like Ubuntu isn’t just things added on top of Debian, but a complete OS.
Hope that helps
- Comment on Keep Android Open (Stop Google from limiting APK file usage) 2 months ago:
AOSP is open source, android isn’t