alt Hacker News> Why is AOSP a wrong path?
Because its existence relies on a good will of Google. See:
Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android (9to5google.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028
and
GrapheneOS accessed Android security patches but not allowed to publish sources (grapheneos.social)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208925
> Any large enough entity can fork.
Only megacorps will likely be able to support a hard fork for such a large codebase.
> Hundreds already did, successfully.
Which of them are hard forks? China will not be a benevolent dictator of AOSP
> Fairphone
It's Android again.
There are indeed non-Android alternatives, but not in Europe. I use Librem 5 btw.
>Because its existence relies on a good will of Google
AOSP is open source. Anyone can fork it.
>Google will allow only apps from verified developers
This is done by Play Services which is not included in AOSP even.
>Only megacorps will likely be able to support a hard fork for such a large codebase.
The same can be said about any operating system. The scope of an operating system is huge.