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1. wps · 1789760710 · focus · HN ↗

   The amount of roadblocks Google is putting up for GrapheneOS is just ridiculous. None of their decisions make any sense, from the delayed source patches upstream, to the embargos, attestation issues, etc. Google simply regrets android being open source.

   1. 7734128 · 1789761296 · focus · HN ↗

      It's not a regret. Android would never have been popular in the first place if it had not been open source. If phone makers had been able to anticipate how much the demons at Google would be able to lock down the Android then they would never had used the OS back in ~2009.

      1. mrpippy · 1789761624 · focus · HN ↗

         That’s possible (never underestimate the bad decision-making of phone makers), but what would they have done instead? Windows Mobile 6 was the only licensable alternative, but it was a known quantity and obviously a generation behind Android and iOS.

         1. LTL_FTC · 1789763317 · focus · HN ↗

            WebOS was pretty cool (Palm). But I’m not sure if Palm would have licensed it. Lg ended up with it.

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