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[โ€“] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (6 children)

was it ever truly open? everything is a google service

[โ€“] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

like witty username pointed out, aosp is open, so other OS's like GrapheneOS are based on android but without any google services. the stock android you get though is not

[โ€“] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

unfortunately graphene only works on select devices though

[โ€“] kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With higher demand comes higher supply.

E.g. my next phone will MUST to support free OS.

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