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Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP

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  1. wps · · 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 · · 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. alightsoul · · focus · HN ↗
        Phone manufacturers had Symbian which became open source
        1. wwiinn · · focus · HN ↗
          And was burned to the ground by a trojan horse from microsoft.
          1. NetMageSCW · · focus · HN ↗
            Or was so bad compared to the others that it was no longer viable.
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