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> Open source Android vs. closed iOS

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on...

This article lays out in painstaking detail in one place most of the criticisms about Android you'll find in this comment thread.

And this was published in 2018! That Google still maintains "a better actor" aura despite all that we know now is the greatest trick they ever pulled.

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It's open-source in the same way TiVo was "open-source" back in the day: yeah, you get the code, but you can't do anything with it in a practical sense.

Also, that article was published in 2013 and only received light updates in 2018 -- and its core arguments haven't really aged even with the additional five years.

the comment doesn't say that is good, it says that it is better than ios. do you think android is more closed than ios?

Android is more definitely more user hostile. They’re both closed in practice. Heck, it wouldn’t surprise me if jailbreaking iOS breaks less stuff than moving to a custom android rom.

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