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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Soooo, that means that android is fucked but custom roms should be able to continue from android 15, not?

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[+] LWD@lemm.ee [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

How will Samsung/OnePlus use Android 17 and 18?

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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

That's not what I meant. Will the other OEMs have to pay Google for using Android 17 (since it's not open-source anymore) ?

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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago

AFAIK (I may be wrong), you have to pay google for bundling Google Play Services on your phone. For example, Purism probably does not pay Google anything because it only uses AOSP + it's own suite of services. However, Android 17 will be a bit concerning. Let's wait till we get a bit more clarity.