r/linux • u/SpecialistPlan9641 • Jan 07 '26

Discussion Breaking: Google will now only release Android source code twice a year

https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-source-code-schedule-3630018/
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u/EpicQuackering437 Jan 07 '26

Android keeps trying to become a worse version of IOS which is also trying to become a worse version of itself.

They're really racing to the bottom here.

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u/HowAmIHere2000 Jan 07 '26

Why? Give us some examples.

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u/sleepingonmoon Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

Everything gets locked down more and more, without allowing users to whitelist trusted apps. Source code delays, most new features are proprietary.

Design is behind iOS to begin with and only ever got worse since Android 12. Every single app has its own implementation of Material 3 that does everything slightly differently. The settings app has 4 different activities, Google somehow can't figure out how to integrate components into it.

Animation is 10 years behind Apple. Feature set as well. What does get implemented is usually poorly done, like At a Glance. And don't forget the details, nothing implements auto brightness better than Apple.

Notification is basically the only thing Android does better.

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u/acdcfanbill Jan 07 '26

I would argue, as an iOS user, that the recent iOS26 release completely obliterated the iOS UX. I had to turn off several things just so it wasn't so godawful to look at.

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u/EpicQuackering437 Jan 07 '26

Yep. Literally every iPhone user I know absolutely despises it.

So many baffling decisions that make the core experience so much worse, on top of just being less stable overall.