So they want more control over what people are able to install
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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Most TV operating systems are already non-android linux based. They mostly just run webapps.
hopefully they'll design some package manager incompatible with android at the most basic level - and then double down when it's proven to be a huge mistake. a good tick upwards for dev jobs, but the time for actual competition was over 10 years ago. this will fail miserably.
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So basically
"Windows for freeloaders: "You are the product(tm)" edition."
So... Windows?
I'm confused, why not just continue with AOSP?
It already has most of the Google stuff stripped out and any remaining parts will be easy to replace in comparison to rebuilding and maintaining a much larger software stack while also simultaneously retaining compatibility with all the android apps already on their app store.
Curious if it'll be opensource and mobile linux distro. If Amazon gets into the mobile linux game, the mobile phone market might change radically.
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lets hope the devices can be rooted and we can have phosh or ubuntumobile or sth. like that flashed
Another not-Linux Linux based operating system. Can't wait to argue same as with Android and ChromeOS that this is not like "real" desktop Linux looks.
We really should stick to calling it GNU or something.
Ugh I don't know which is worse. Next timeline, portal gun.