Comment on Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases
kalistia@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
So, when will we have a proper open os for phones and what is the biggest problem here? Should we wait for EU to force google to dismantle the Play Store?
djsaskdja@reddthat.com 6 days ago
The main 2 challenges I can think of is lack of native app support, phone hardware being pretty proprietary, and lack of carrier compatibility. Any truly open phone OS would have to emulate Android or iOS apps which would be very demanding on resources. Or just exclusively have web apps and fully open source apps of which there are very few for phones. Then you’d have to reverse engineer the chips that talk to the towers and/or get cell carriers to release firmware. Just overall a mess that has basically translated into the smartphone market being dominated by megacorps.