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Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play.
Rabbit Inc. is unhappy about details of its tech stack being public, threatening action against unauthorized emulators.
AOSP is a logical choice for mobile hardware as it provides essential functionalities without the need for Google Play.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (4 children)

lol at calling running Android an "emulator".

Also don't they have to distribute the actual code for the OS if it's lightly altered Android?

[–] PlasticExistence 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My understanding is that if you only add modules on top, those can stay closed source. It's possible the AOSP portion of the stack is still stock and untouched.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, one of the reasons they're decrying everyone running the APK is they claim they've made a bunch of "bespoke alterations" to the AOSP version they're using

[–] PlasticExistence 12 points 6 months ago

Which may or may not be BS intended to save their reputation. I hear you though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

AOSP is fully Apache-2.0 licensed except for the Linux kernel, so only their kernel changes would have to be. It's also an important reason why Android was/is so successful.

[–] cley_faye 1 points 6 months ago

Having seen what this device does, they may not even have had to alter anything to the base AOSP image. Just set your app as the launcher and you're good to go.

[–] fidodo 1 points 6 months ago

Depends on which part is altered. Lots of Linux distros are just curated collections of software, drivers, and configuration. You can easily achieve your OS goals without touching the code of the base distro at all. If they didn't need to modify the base code then there's nothing to distribute back. That would be like distributing your personal OS power user config settings. If you're not touching source there's nothing to contribute.