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

1180 points · 723 comments · theanonymousone

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. yndoendo · 1789765626 · focus · HN ↗
  It makes perfect sense when you apply the Friedman doctrine to their actions. [0]
  Google is a lawn mower, stop anthropologizing them. This goes the same with Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, ...
  [0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine
  1. wwiinn · 1789825600 · focus · HN ↗
    You conveniently forgot the OG, oracle.

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