I wouldn't say it's bad per se, but getting worse. If they go through with their app developer verification thing then it will definitively cross the threshold from "thin fucking ice" to shit

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 1 week ago

Android is frustrating with the way it limits you from doing what you want within the os.

[–] wer2@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But Android is a Linux... Not GNU/Linux, but neither is Alpine.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And OSX is a BSD but nobody i ntheir right mind would consider it a BSD distro.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OSX is UNIX, built on BSD foundations but not BSD.

Android on the other hand IS Linux, and is distributed. So I say, it's a Linux distribution.

All other things that people mention as qualifying for a Linux distro are either GNU libs (which alpine doesn't have) or POSIX/UNIX way of doing things, which would disqualify Android from being POSIX compliant but not from being a Linux distro.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm gonna be real here I don't care.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Understandable, have a good day!