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>>colone+(OP)
Android has been bad-faith open source for as long as I can remember. Android is look-but-dont-touch source. Its massive codebase that requires immense resources to build is not open for negotiation, its existence is to serve Google's whims.

Android was already a platform on life support. Google has wielded its authority to dictate how apps should behave such that even 3rd party stores do not stray far from Google's rules. Users of android phones have little hope to run a program from 5 years ago, or to roll back a bad update in an era full of bad updates.

>>bitsan+5i
> Users of android phones have little hope to run a program from 5 years ago, or to roll back a bad update in an era full of bad updates.

This is also true of iOS. What alternative would you propose?

>>lurk2+BK
Not the person you are asking but I would like to deprecate all SoCs, have generic ARM hardware, a kernel module approved by Linus for using a modular LTE modem the user can replace or upgrade with option-slots for different types optional devices based on the users needs wishes and desires. I should be able to plonk down whatever desktop Linux OS that tickles my fancy and it just works. There should be hardware modules and kernel modules for any network on earth. I should also be able to plug in any peripheral device that works on my workstations.

>>LinuxB+lL
You can write software for such hypothetical things but that’s clearly not going to map to any hardware vendors want to build / customers want to buy (and by customers I mean OEMs that pick which chips go into a product). There’s many reasons for this including price, battery life, size and typical upgrade patterns even in typical x86 land