Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source capacity over the last decade.

Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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  • UlrichEnglish
    1•12 days ago

    You realize there’s a whole rest of the world that’s not the EU?

    • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•12 days ago

      Oh my fucking god, really?!

      You’re so smart, that never occurred to me. I thought that there was only 27 countries in the world, and all of them were in one continent!

      Yes, I do realise that, genius. I’m not from an EU country myself.

      However, I engaged my brain cells and quickly realised that most phones that exist are sold in the EU, and therefore the OEM has to make and test these updates anyway. In virtually all cases they will then release these worldwide.

      Like how the EU mandated USB-C and now it’s worldwide. The EU has quietly become the market that sets international standards over the past 20 years.

      I know it seems like I’m being mean in this comment, but fuck me it’s the most Reddit comment ever. A pointless comment just begging to start a pointless argument. Nobody can be bothered with that trolling shit. Do better.