On: Mobifree – An open-source mobile ecosystem

[wicket]

It seems that Mobifree largely depends on the Android/AOSP ecosystem, which is controlled by Big Tech.

[palata → wicket]

But being open source means that one could fork AOSP. Also the Google proprietary stuff comes with the Play Services, not AOSP.

So AOSP is a lot better than the alternatives, I would say.

I have a different feeling about Chromium: it is open source, but through it Google gets to control the future of the Web. But Android is not a standard, it's "just" one OS, so changes made by Google in AOSP don't really impact, say, iOS.

[realusername → palata]

> But Android is not a standard, it's "just" one OS, so changes made by Google in AOSP don't really impact, say, iOS.

That's interesting because I personally do believe that Android is kind of the mobile standard, it has everything to be one, from the wide variety of devices to the certifications of conformity.

[palata → realusername]

Much less than Chromium, right? Almost all users run Chromium, whereas you can run iOS and it has nothing to do with the AOSP codebase.

[wicket → palata]

Let me know when the efforts of Mobifree lead to something that will allow me to install mainline Linux.

[j4hdufd8 → wicket]

There are already phones like that. Go for it.

[palata → wicket]

Try PostmarketOS?