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GrapheneOS has fixed the Android 17 QPR1 kernel performance regression

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aboringusername · 1790975686 · focus · HN ↗
It's concerning to hear about the disarray within the internal workings of Android, they've spoken quite a lot about this recently such as getting access to the code and having to make manual requests.
I'm curious if there's any back up plan to an operating system used by billions. One would think, and hope, the EU would have an alternative ready to go at a moment's notice. Android is literally too big to fail, but I doubt the EU would be ready even though you could consider the failing of Android a national security emergency.
I would like to know more about what's going on at Google that are causing these issues.
1. EmbarrassedHelp · 1790994144 · focus · HN ↗
  The EU Commission at least seems comfortable with requiring that everyone uses Google approved versions of Android, because it makes their authoritarian push for mandatory age verification easier to enforce.
  Most national governments in the EU are probably too authoritarian technology-wise to recognize the importance of supporting a project like GrapheneOS as well.

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