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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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I've said this many times and it's always on my mind. Google is a terrible steward for Android. We need alternatives that are viable and don't came with huge dealbreakers.
Hopefully Graphene is developing a hard fork of AOSP with Motorola, so they don't have to be reliant on Google
That's why I was so gutted that DivestOS shut down. It was such a good alternative to GrapheneOS and was usable on phones other than Pixel.
I guess CalyxOS is the next best thing nowadays, since it can be used on some Motorola phones, Fairphones and the ShiftPhone 8:
https://calyxos.org/install/
don't hope too much, they have admitted they are vibing it
Where?
Their mastodon profile is talking at length about it.
Shit, well that pretty much seals the deal on no Motophene for me. As if the Epstein Class price tag was not doing enough as a disincentive.
Though, I recently found out Motorola has license plate reading cameras and supposedly works with ICE. Which is gd gutting to hear.
https://wpde.com/news/local/flock-vs-automated-license-plate-readers-what-are-they-and-who-are-they-for-surveillance-ice-dhs-motorola-federal-government-court-lawsuit-artificial-intelligence-ai
https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/video-security-access-control/license-plate-recognition-camera-systems.html
https://callmc.com/ai-transforming-public-safety-lpr-assist-ai/
Edit: From a reply below, this may be a different company? Looking into it now.
Edit: Looks like the cellphone company, Motorola Mobility LLC, is currently wholly owned by the, now Chinese company, Lenovo. So, certainly appears to be different organizations. Glass someone caught me on that.
Wrong Motorola. There are two different companies.
Oh shit. Fr? I'm totally uninformed. I'll look this up but any quick pointers to help?
Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility are two separate companies created from the split of the original Motorola, Inc. in January 2011
Fuck. Guess I need to seriously reconsider
Apparently, it may be a different company. Checking on that.
Looks like the cellphone company, Motorola Mobility LLC, is currently wholly owned by the, now Chinese company, Lenovo.