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>>tripdo+(OP)
Lemmie guess, in six month we hear Google is killing Pixel.

>>PaulHo+q
From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative.

>>bitpus+Z3
In a better world.. goog could be as helpful towards grOS as aapl towards asahi. But "anything that doesn't detract from selling hw is fine" can't make it into goog's once-aspirational "knowledge economy" business calculus. (Legal considerations contribute further inertia)

I think though, "write-only" third-party contributions are a necessary evolutionary step towards a more balanced ecosystem, so lack of an open reference could lead to the needed experimentation, both legal and technical

>>gsf_em+L8
I've not kept up with Asahi, but how is Apple helping Asahi? My surface level understanding was Asahi was reverse engineering everything and Apple is offering 0 help/support.

>>bitpus+ld
Depends on your definition of "help".

Apple doesn't support Asahi specifically but did build in the capability to boot another OS and intentionally does not block it.

>>seabro+dg
If adding a capability to boot another OS is seen as a big gesture, Google providing an entire operating system source code should be a bigger deal yes?

One is cracking open a door (Apple) and the other is opening the door wide, and welcoming you into your home.

>>bitpus+pj
I agree with you. I was just responding to the Asahi comment in isolation.

To play devil's advocate though, Darwin is technically open source?