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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://social.yakshed.org/users/moonglum/statuses/115043103067401773">moonglum (moonglum@social.yakshed.org)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 20:13:31 JST</a><a href="https://social.yakshed.org/@moonglum" title="moonglum@social.yakshed.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/208552-48-20231104162802.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="moonglum" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">moonglum</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>Digital Independence in your pocket? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@z3ntu">@z3ntu</a> talks about why the smartphone duopoly of Apple/Google is bad, and the problems of Android and why we need a truly open source alternative. <a href="https://social.yakshed.org/tags/froscon" rel="tag">#froscon</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5549428#notice-10893824">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-08-27T20:13:31+09:00" title="Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 20:13:31 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://social.yakshed.org/@moonglum/115043103067401773" rel="external" title="Sent from social.yakshed.org via ActivityPub">social.yakshed.org</a></span></span><a href="https://social.yakshed.org/@moonglum/115043103067401773">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5127472">A slide pointing out problems with the duopoly of mobile OSes:• Google and Apple control the whole market
• Privacy: required to bundle privacy-invasive apps
• Independence: Google controls all of Android, development is done top-down
• Proprietary code: no smartphone can work without, default Board Support Package (BSP) contains lots of it
  • While manufacturer has some proprietary source code, many parts are also prebuilt
• Software updates: bound by Google to approve every software update</a></label><br><a href="https://social.yakshed.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/043/093/404/274/363/original/d710043a8222210d.jpeg" rel="external">https://social.yakshed.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/043/093/404/274/363/original/d710043a8222210d.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Digital Independence in your pocket? @z3ntu talks about why the smartphone duopoly of Apple/Google is bad, and the problems of Android and why we need a truly open source alternative. #froscon
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1. A slide pointing out problems with the duopoly of mobile OSes: • Google and Apple control the whole market • Privacy: required to bundle privacy-invasive apps • Independence: Google controls all of Android, development is done top-down • Proprietary code: no smartphone can work without, default Board Support Package (BSP) contains lots of it • While manufacturer has some proprietary source code, many parts are also prebuilt • Software updates: bound by Google to approve every software update
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