Android Open Source Project

“AOSP respects and empowers users much more than traditional Linux due to the proper security and privacy model”

“The open source core of Android is a perfectly good OS, a little slower and less secure than iOS but there is no reason to avoid it”

“So fork AOSP today. You actually have a working stack, working systems”

“It will still be far less work than bootstrapping a viable open source alternative from scratch.”

“But you have no guarantee what happens tomorrow with it, depending on what Google feels like.”

“there is already a great open source smartphone OS that works today”

“AOSP can be forked and it will still be leagues ahead of non-Android Linux phones”

“They're trying to limit how many devices can be sold with GrapheneOS by Android OEMs, reduced the number of AOSP releases from 12 to 2 per year”

“by "giving" Android/AOSP "for free" they want to exert control over the ecosystem”

“AOSP is far more private, secure, usable and compatible with a far broader amount of apps.”

“as long as Google is in control of AOSP, it controls the direction in which AOSP and all downstream projects are headed”

“AOSP is way ahead of Linux on Mobile, for many reasons.”

“Google decided Pixels would no longer be supported by AOSP which is why they stopped pushing the kernel drivers”

“AOSP provides far better privacy and security than a traditional desktop Linux distribution.”

“AOSP provides far better privacy and security than a traditional desktop Linux distribution”

“The best open source mobile OS you can get nowadays is based on AOSP”

“AOSP only provides a sample SMS/MMS app for testing purposes which is intended to be replaced.”

“None are as private and secure as unmodified AOSP.”

“this code will be indispensible to a European Manhattan project for tech sovereignty”

“AOSP made it increasingly difficult to contribute without being an Android partner and it's nearly impossible now.”

“It would be better to direct effort to AOSP projects as it is a much better base to build from.”

“They're not serious alternatives to an iPhone from a privacy and security perspective as an AOSP-based OS on decent hardware can be.”

“I don't see any fundamental benefit of throwing away decades of development done on AOSP”

“Android Open Source Project has good privacy and security as a starting point.”

“which is open source and very mature”

“It seems like a waste not to use an existing, well-developed, hardened, open source base”

“It is controlled by Google so it not. As long as Google is setting the roadmap for android it is not a viable option.”

“Android is at least somewhat open and Google free Android actually exists.”

“AOSP is open source. Anyone can fork it.”

“You get to skip the many years that Sailfish OS will still need in user testing.”

“It can only be cheaper than making it from scratch, since it has alot of work already done on it”

“AOSP dev went private, and Google is slower and slower at releasing the source, now twice a year.”

“But currently AOSP is very much open.”

“AOSP is being developed behind close doors and controlled by a single company which wields way too much power”

“I believe that AOSP is a lot better, with a much better security model.”

“The app sandbox and permission model has evolved a lot, in a good direction.”

“AOSP is basically useless at this point, it can't do much of anything without Google Play Services.”

“they used to publish the source code for the drivers as part of AOSP. Now they no longer publish the device trees”

“AOSP is the foundation of GrapheneOS, LineageOS and dozens of other patently non-Google systems.”

“It explains why AOSP is now private/closed source and embargos are being used to get around the laws requirements.”