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I don't care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the "blue vs green bubble" drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn't Android's fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Isn't android built off Linux?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

It technically is, but "Linux" in Android's case is meant as the kernel.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

In a rather unorthodox way, yes.

Android is one of those rare examples of a Linux kernel not being paired with GNU tools. I believe Android wrote their own versions of all the tools they wanted.

The kernel is also extremely locked down by default. They very intentionally designed the OS in such a way that every facet of the kernel is kept abstracted away from you. It's about as black-boxed as you can get, to the point where the fact that it's Linux underneath is almost meaningless.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

iOS is a unix-like operating system too (but doesn't use the linux kernel... also, linux isn't really an operating system, it's a kernel

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

And MacOS is BSD :)