Post #2428581
2025-12-11 21:10 UTC
@spipau@mastodon.social how's that going to work if Android goes proprietary?
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@blobjim@mastodon.social 2025-12-12 05:26
@tbernard@mastodon.social @spipau@mastodon.social And with an SoC that still has an American backdoor in the CPU and cell modem.
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@spipau@mastodon.social 2025-12-12 07:47
@tbernard@mastodon.social while the Android OS itself is open source and cannot go proprietary, the rest which makes phones smart (PlayServices: push notifications, location, maps, etc) have always been proprietary. Also the cloud ecosystem around is closed source and this is where Murena steps in. Replacing all proprietary parts (e.g. PlayServices with @microg@fosstodon.org or cloud with @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz ) and make it as easy as possible so non engineers can use it as well.