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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  • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    But is it even slightly better? It’s debatable. Both are completely awful, but I guess iOS is just terrible in different ways.