Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why
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Google has confirmed it will move development of the Android OS to behind closed doors. Here's why it's doing it.

No matter the manufacturer, every Android phone has one thing in common: its software base. Manufacturers can heavily customize the look and feel of the Android OS they ship on their Android devices, but under the hood, the core system functionality is derived from the same open-source foundation: the Android Open Source Project. After over 16 years, Google is making big changes to how it develops the open source version of Android in an effort to streamline its development.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    8 days ago

    This is the first step in moving to fully closed source.

    Agreed. At the very least to a point where Android isn’t usable by anyone else.

    I guess degooled versions are getting too popular thus a threat to google’s business.

    Lol, that I doubt. I’m willing to bet that the Meta Quest alone dwarfs the install share of all custom ROMs combined, let alone Amazon’s Fire ecosystem.