Which companies are that? The market leader of US phone market is running a closed, proprietary golden-cage OS which will increase it's share if your harebrained scheme is implemented.
This is rich even for the very low standards of HN.
Moronic take of the day. Quite a feat.
It's really kind of bizarre that you want to attack developers of an OSS OS when the other option is so much worse on every level when it comes to freedom.
But in this case, it is Google kneecapping a small viable option (Graphene OS). How can a new, better player enter the space when no OEM may even sell Graphene OS without threatening their ability to also sell Android devices?
I am not here attacking a an OSS OS developer. I am attacking one of the largest corporations in the world, a member of a duopoly in the mobile OS market, engaging in ridiculous anti-competitive behavior.