This is precisely why any argument against gpl is laughable. Android is Linux. But a kernel without a userland is pointless. And that’s how Google operates: they use the kernel (which they want to replace) and then rewrite as much as they can with MIT licensed or proprietary code. The goal being to lock down the platforms in spite of the so-called “open source” software.
This comment is sent from my iPhone where the story is even sadder. Darwin does what Google wishes Linux could do, as far as licensing goes.
I use an unrooted Android phone without a Google account, any Google apps, Google Play Services or the Play Store.
And it works perfectly fine.
The userland is there, it’s just generally less convenient and feature-rich than what Google offers, and disabling the Google stuff is an extra step that is far beyond what normal people want to deal with.
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This is precisely why any argument against gpl is laughable. Android is Linux. But a kernel without a userland is pointless. And that’s how Google operates: they use the kernel (which they want to replace) and then rewrite as much as they can with MIT licensed or proprietary code. The goal being to lock down the platforms in spite of the so-called “open source” software.
This comment is sent from my iPhone where the story is even sadder. Darwin does what Google wishes Linux could do, as far as licensing goes.
I use an unrooted Android phone without a Google account, any Google apps, Google Play Services or the Play Store.
And it works perfectly fine.
The userland is there, it’s just generally less convenient and feature-rich than what Google offers, and disabling the Google stuff is an extra step that is far beyond what normal people want to deal with.