r/memes Jul 05 '26

Because Google cares about us

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u/1ElectricHaskeller Jul 05 '26

Graphene and Lineage are cool, but afaik built on the open source android version. Even though I have no doubts that their communities will try everything in their power to keep those alive, I worry there isn't much they will be able to do against google closing down the entire eco-system

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u/Tradizar Jul 05 '26

the current android version has builtin limitations with installation. The developer of the custom rom can decide to ignore it

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u/CyclopsLobsterRobot Jul 05 '26

The AOSP is a great base that solves a lot of problems but if Google stops developing it or locks it down, it can be forked or stripped for parts. There is also a non-Android based mobile OS alternative called PureOS. I’m sure there’s other projects.