• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      This is a very umm ackshully ☝️🤓 response.

      Yes, Android is a (extremely heavily forked) Linux distribution. I’d be willing to bet money the above poster knows that too. You aren’t giving us new information here.

      Furthermore, I think you knew what the above user’s point was: they want a more open phone and OS landscape where users are the boss of their own software and hardware, not tech giants.

      Android is, in practical terms, its own thing, under Google’s control, bundles all kinds of Google crap, and can’t be replaced on most phones.

      • ⛓️‍💥@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        Yes. The point is Linux doesn’t solve the problem of megacorps and it’s not like Linux on phones isn’t something that hasn’t been tried before. Projects like Ubuntu Touch and Firefox OS went nowhere.