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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse (jacobin.com)
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Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Someone needs to break the duopoly. HarmonyOS isn't open source but I'm hoping it will force Google and others to behave.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Unfortunately it's still made by a big company.

    Linux phones made quite some progress in recent years. They still aren't what I'd call consumer ready, but it's getting there.

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