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   Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 04:00:11 JST Joe Ortiz

   #Amazon is expected to replace their #Android fork in Fire OS in favor of their in-house #OS known as "Vega" on their hardware devices as soon as next year. https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-fire-tv-android

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 04:01:06 JST Joe Ortiz

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     "However, industry insiders I spoke to argued that these competitive pressures likely weren’t the main reason for Amazon to switch to Vega. What Amazon really cares about is reaching hundreds of millions of eyeballs on a wide range of inexpensive devices, and then monetizing those eyeballs with ads and services – and a custom OS built-in house may just be the best way to do that."

     Yep, all about lockdowns and splat those ads in people's faces all the time. https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-fire-tv-android

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 04:45:55 JST Joe Ortiz

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     @cbdesu Yep:

     "The employee also mentioned the Vega code name, and said that “most of the OS development is already done,” adding that the company was “now focusing on SDK and value adds to go convince developers to actually use it.”

     So devs will have to get used to this if they want their apps there.

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     CB (cbdesu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 04:45:56 JST CB

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     @joeo10 Any Amazon device has always been a hard no for me but I am curious, are they going to have devs now write their for this new OS?