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 capacity over the last decade.

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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    • gfle@szmer.infoEnglish
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      21 hours 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.