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realusername • yesterday at 12:34 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

They could also have it decoupled from the OS with an open-source version, these are two different subjects.

The real reason to me is that they want to avoid Android forks outside of their control.


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microtonal • yesterday at 12:45 PM

Yes, which is why I also mentioned the more nefarious reading of it. Making a large API surface use closed-source code gives them control.