Android exists only as a place to push ads into people’s faces, with a focus on getting ad displays into less affluent markets.
iOS exists only as a platform to sell iPhones and iPads, which naturally has a focus on affluent markets.
They’re both in the control of megacorps and I can’t figure out why people hold up Android as some kind of open source hero besides a desire to hate on Apple.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The source code is still fully available (and even searchable with code references) which is why all of these community and FOSS forks are still possible.
Google is absolutely abusing their influence over the Android brand to continually lock down consumer devices and the versions of Android that ship on them, but AOSP has only gotten more open-source friendly over time if anything. The problem is there are fewer and fewer devices that will actually let you leave branded Android™ for some version of AOSP.
Auli@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Blame the courts. His can Apple win an anti competitive case and Google loose. All because they where more open.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Ok, so basically what you are saying is Android is “Open” in name only.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, they are explaining that “Android” effectively refers to two different things.
blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 day ago
And one of those things, in practice, makes it harder for users to take advantage of the openness of the other.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
No the software is open, it’s the hardware you run it on that’s locked down to the manufacturers own specific fork.