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@moonglum said on 2025-08-17:

Digital Independence in your pocket? @z3ntu talks about why the smartphone duopoly of Apple/Google is bad, and the problems of Android and why we need a truly open source alternative.

A slide pointing out problems with the duopoly of mobile OSes: • Google and Apple control the whole market • Privacy: required to bundle privacy-invasive apps • Independence: Google controls all of Android, development is done top-down • Proprietary code: no smartphone can work without, default Board Support Package (BSP) contains lots of it • While manufacturer has some proprietary source code, many parts are also prebuilt • Software updates: bound by Google to approve every software update