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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  • GibibitEnglish
    16•11 days ago

    Just because it doesn’t have latest Android doesn’t mean it’s trash. And Fairphone also aims for 7 years support just like your Pixel example.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•11 days ago

      It doesn’t need to be the latest android version per se, but I wouldn’t want to use a phone that’s not getting security patches anymore

    • UlrichEnglish
      6•11 days ago

      Not having security updates makes it effectively trash, as far as I’m concerned.