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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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    F-Droid is a decent replacement for the play store. Lots of FOSS and less-enshittified apps available.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      01·
      3 months ago

      Unfortunately many of the apps needed just to exist as a member of society are only available in the Play Store.