The FOSS part of Android has been shrinking as Google let the FOSS apps die in favor of their proprietary apps.
And the worse they did is Play Services, meaning a lot of apps won't run on a pure FOSS Android.
erwan
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Those were before the smartphone era.
Humans like to talk to each other, but when an easier choice exist the slightly harder one doesn't stand a chance.
They won't if they want to keep any benefit compared to airplanes
Starting with a $250k investment from your parents is a pretty power cheat code
That's why I'm rooting for RCS.
Please do it! That would help me convince my reminding friends to move to Signal.
I met their standards, it's just that they realized those standards were too low after the backlash.
Yeah procedurally generated would be the correct description.
But the end result is kinda the same, it's a lot of similar images generated with little effort.
Because as you said, it's impossible to create an alternative app store that works and auto update like the Play Store does.
Google has is in a duopoly with Apple for smartphones OS. They are abusing their dominant position on mobile OS to ensure a dominant position on mobile app stores.
That's exactly what the antitrust laws are about: abusing your position in one domain to kill competition on another.
Yes Apple is worse, that means the situation needs to change on both platforms.
Yes it's all business.
Partnership team finds the biggest bidder for the default search.
Marketing teams find the best argument against their biggest competitor.
At no point anyone is pondering if Google is "good" or "bad" because companies typically don't care.
Just like regular taxi, they reduce the need for parking spots. Personal car taking valuable real estate all day long are a big problem.
There is no PC as capable as the Steam Deck at the same price point.