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[return to "Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases"]
1. bitsan+5i[view] [source] 2025-03-26 20:42:08
>>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.

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2. methus+iY4[view] [source] 2025-03-28 13:16:32
>>bitsan+5i
Well agree but still google is the only thing that allowed custom ROM development and android still has some freedom left there.
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