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[–] 53 points 2 months ago (11 children)

They should focus on not letting Google kill Android.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Do the EU have the capability to fork it?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I don't know, but I'm not sure if a government funded fork would be the right move.

    Many people have their doubts about using funding for things like that, I wouldn't be opposed to it but Europe has other problems that people might consider more urgent.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It would absolutely be the right move. Some individual countries are already doing this and there are proposals for EU to do the same:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Sovereign_Tech_Fund

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Is "kill" a strong word here? They are heavily restricting it, and it's reversible with some effort, know-how, and compromise, right?

    But killing it, I feel like they are not. Even though I strongly oppose what they are doing, don't get me wrong!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, it's the Android Open Source Project. Restricting it would be against the interests of the Free Software/Open Source movements and I believe that's a violation on the principles of the project in my opinion.

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