FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agoAndroid will become a locked-down platform in 194 dayskeepandroidopen.orgexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down15cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1459arrow-down1external-linkAndroid will become a locked-down platform in 194 dayskeepandroidopen.orgFirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agomessage-square126fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareSeefra 1@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoI understand, but there’s a good argument that android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don’t get good. The death of android as an “open” platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.
minus-squaresonofearth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoIt won’t die. My country alone will have almost a billion Android users and those cheap Androids are all they can afford and know.
minus-squareSeefra 1@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI meant that it would die as an “open” platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.
I understand, but there’s a good argument that android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don’t get good.
The death of android as an “open” platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.
It won’t die. My country alone will have almost a billion Android users and those cheap Androids are all they can afford and know.
I meant that it would die as an “open” platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.