Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source capacity over the last decade.

Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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  • SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 days ago

    …worse for users. Better for them…in the shirt term. That’s the real issue. Short term Profit overrules everything in public corporations.

    Family-owned companies still think long term and stakeholders (vs. shareholders).