wander1236
@wander1236@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on You're welcome, babe 3 days ago:
DECLIMED
- Comment on Funny how android used to be what we now call FOSS 3 days ago:
Ubuntu, Mint, and Debian all still rely on the Linux kernel, though. A better comparison might be how LineageOS is technically a fork of the dead CyanogenMod project, but even before the latter fully imploded was different enough to be its own thing.
Both of them still relied on the existence of AOSP though, for new features, bug fixes, hardware support, certain core functionality, etc. AOSP is a lot bigger than just the Linux kernel, and because of the tighter coupling between hardware and software on mobile devices, there’s a whole other discussion about creating a real non-Android OS for them, but I think that’s a closer parallel.
- Comment on Funny how android used to be what we now call FOSS 4 days ago:
Only on that platform. The Android™ platform is way more popular than AOSP, but that doesn’t mean Android™ precludes AOSP.
For the purposes of making a custom Android-based OS like GrapheneOS, AOSP is better than ever. Whether or not there are actually devices to install GrapheneOS on kind of isn’t the point here in my mind since we’re talking about which one someone prefers, which means they’re already able to use both.
And as GrapheneOS’ existence demonstrates, it’s still pretty easy and even increasingly mainstream now to change your device’s firmware. GrapheneOS currently is only built for Pixel devices, made by Google, the company that also develops AOSP and owns the Android brand. In theory Lenovo is going to have a Motorola branded device running GrapheneOS officially in the near future, but Lenovo doesn’t have a great track record with mobile software support.
Android™ itself might be getting more locked down and centered around Google’s services, but it’s still an option to move to something else based on AOSP, and thanks to things like Project Treble (which is enforced by Google Play’s compatibility tests), you might not even need device-specific firmware to have a usable and pleasant non-proprietary experience.
The situation with Android is weird, because Google technically owns all of it, but it’s completely different departments going completely different directions, and it doesn’t help that we all call the entire concept Android when that’s technically the brand for Google’s special certified versions of AOSP (which also includes the word Android but not as a brand…).
- Comment on Funny how android used to be what we now call FOSS 4 days 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.
- Comment on Funny how android used to be what we now call FOSS 4 days ago:
Ironically the fork that only runs on the phones made by the company that also makes Android
- Comment on Child mold 5 days ago:
That’s a weird looking microbe on the face
- Comment on Give the people what they really need 6 days ago:
Lemonade
- Comment on I have a plan 1 week ago:
If they bomb the white house it won’t even be noticeable
- Comment on oh and it's also a crime 1 week ago:
It’s probably called sideloading because historically you weren’t downloading from an app store but instead transferring from your computer. The term itself is ancient sh.itjust.works/comment/23484915
- Comment on Adding some warmth to my setup. 2 weeks ago:
DiaplayPort to chicken soup converter, but it doesn’t work on macOS for purely software reasons
- Comment on When you actually pay attention to the lyrics of the song you're listening: 2 weeks ago:
False, they never realize
- Comment on The Gang Solves Climate Change 3 weeks ago:
This is one way to drive EV sales
- Comment on Maybe, maybe not 3 weeks ago:
No probably
- Comment on Fixed it. 3 weeks ago:
I hate how bad NVIDIA has to be in general, because DLSS is legitimately amazing technology. Even the frame gen in DLSS 4 that was pretty rough at first is shockingly good in Borderlands 4 for example. Too bad they’re the reason no one can buy RAM
- Comment on Make sure there is no bath salts in the milk before drinking. 4 weeks ago:
Sadly doesn’t seem to be real yahoo.com/…/going-ben-shapiro-eyebrows-190000395.…
- Comment on Anon likes Mario 5 weeks ago:
That seems to be a theme with 90s 3D games: the camera has a mind of its own and can make navigation really annoying.
- Comment on Attention! 5 weeks ago:
I’m just addressing what you quoted. They said phones don’t actually turn off anymore, you asked for a source on that.
- Comment on Attention! 5 weeks ago:
iPhones have a feature where they still intermittently broadcast a Bluetooth signal after being turned off or even if they shut off because of low battery: discussions.apple.com/thread/255809396?sortBy=ran….
Google does the same thing with the Pixel: support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/9338817?hl=e….
- Comment on Stop bogarting that good stuff 5 weeks ago:
For me Aleve doesn’t work even though generic naproxen does just fine. Makes me wonder just how psychological pain relief really is
- Comment on Liminal Space 1 month ago:
In the past few years, it has become possible to encourage stem cells – versatile cells similar to those found in embryos – to grow into spherical masses of brain tissue up to three millimetres wide, known as brain organoids.
- Comment on Annon punches a Nazi 1 month ago:
This one is pretty damn cinematic tbf
- Comment on lost context 1 month ago:
Found the issue for anyone curious github.com/anthropics/claudes-c-compiler/…/1
- Comment on So Deep 1 month ago:
Technically we don’t know what every bear has or hasn’t done
- Comment on Me toooooo 2 months ago:
You transformed from a duck into a goose?
- Comment on London stabbing rates vs X posts about London crime 2 months ago:
Well someone has to bring the crime back up
- Comment on Wrong number... hopefully 2 months ago:
You’re right I can
- Comment on Lobster feast 2 months ago:
Choc lobster
- Comment on Google Chrome must be coerced into adopting standards 2 months ago:
It was developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Google and Cloudinary.
Alright Google, sure
- Comment on I took a picture of the back of my pizza box for you guys just in case you were stuck home because of the snow and needed something to do. 2 months ago:
They got Butch Hartman making hidden object challenges for pizza boxes now?
- Comment on STOP 2 months ago:
I dunno, salmon are pretty amazing