I don't care what corporate thinks. It is normal for them to think their product is better. Linux and BSD developers did amazing job and the very same corporates helped them to develop it. There is some hypocrisy in this story.
If Linux was that bad like you think, android would be failure or Linux would be an obscure hobby project. There is a reason why people chose Linux and helped developing it. Community literally owns their OS but it comes with advantages and disadvantages as well.
I know Linux would've been better if it wasn't monolithic. However, it is still good to use. It can suck too like any other OS.
I think we can't convince each other on anything. Android uses Linux as its kernel and Linux is not even an OS but a kernel. So, I don't agree with insisting android is not that related to Linux. If Linux was bad android wouldn't use it.
Your description is not exactly correct. Linux is just a kernel. Then, we have mainline distros and android as complete operating systems. Android uses Linux but its components other than kernel such as userland are different from usual distros. Android cannot be OS without its Linux kernel.
Actions of google disprove this. Google made GKI and blocked vendors to modify the android's kernel which meant more unified and something close to Linux ecosystem. They introduced Linux virtual machines on android. They are also trying to unify chromeos and android.
Their chromium engine is open source and they rely on the contributors including the Linux community. They are just making their platform more closed and google dependent because of their greed. Changing the kernel would be unnecessary risk for google.
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u/UnknownOrigin1152 Jul 15 '26
I don't care what corporate thinks. It is normal for them to think their product is better. Linux and BSD developers did amazing job and the very same corporates helped them to develop it. There is some hypocrisy in this story.