@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-223 days agoAndroid will become a locked-down platform in 194 dayskeepandroidopen.orgexternal-linkmessage-square366fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1external-linkAndroid will become a locked-down platform in 194 dayskeepandroidopen.org@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-223 days agomessage-square366fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSeefra 1linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-222 days agoI understand, but there’s a good argument that android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don’t get good. The death of android as an “open” platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•22 days agoIt won’t die. My country alone will have almost a billion Android users and those cheap Androids are all they can afford and know.
minus-squareSeefra 1linkfedilinkEnglish5•22 days agoI meant that it would die as an “open” platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•22 days agoI hope that but power users don’t dictate the technological development 🥲. Everything is made for people who want it “user-friendly”.
I understand, but there’s a good argument that android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don’t get good.
The death of android as an “open” platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.
It won’t die. My country alone will have almost a billion Android users and those cheap Androids are all they can afford and know.
I meant that it would die as an “open” platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.
I hope that but power users don’t dictate the technological development 🥲. Everything is made for people who want it “user-friendly”.