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Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days (keepandroidopen.org)
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[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I understand, but there's a good argument that android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don't get good.

The death of android as an "open" platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It won’t die. My country alone will have almost a billion Android users and those cheap Androids are all they can afford and know.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

I meant that it would die as an "open" platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.