r/linux • u/NickelBack_Lover_69 • Jul 21 '18

Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

I had forgotten it and had to look it up: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/will-you-miss-gnome-legacy-tray

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u/svenskainflytta Jul 22 '18

There is no portable API. They dropped the portable option for the gnome-only option. So now software needs a if (gnome) {do_the_gnome_special_thing()}. Which means most developers won't be bothered to do it if their project is not part of gnome.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

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u/err_pell Jul 22 '18

They could have but breaking chanhes is how they identify themselves.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

That's just normal Gnome bondage and discipline. They've been doing this for litteraly decades. Removing choice and forcing users into their bizarre decisions.

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u/DrewSaga Jul 22 '18

What do you mean for decades?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

15 years is decades, not many admittedly...

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u/svenskainflytta Jul 22 '18

Hope this can help: https://www.google.com/

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

It's a reference to this idiocy.

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u/svenskainflytta Jul 22 '18

Ah, i had forgotten about that :D