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Google is Killing Open Source Android Apps (Here's Why) (techlore.tv)
submitted 6 days ago by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Fuck Google with a stiff wire brush.

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[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (14 children)

This will face legal hurdles, especially in the EU and China. It reminds me of the time Microsoft played shell games with Chrome and Firefox and then lost eventually. That being said, it will kickstart a new mobile OS arms race, not necessarily to beat Android but for choices.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

would love it if some viable linux based alternatives came out of this.

[–] linuxuser9000@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Erm akhshually, android is linux /s

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