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Good news for custom ROMs: Google just released the Android 16 QPR2 source code (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 4 days ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/android@lemdro.id
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No delay this time! It was released alongside the release of QPR2 itself

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[-] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 69 points 4 days ago

We really need an open source mobile operating system that isn't controlled by tech megacorps.

Android is far too compromised by corporate profit motives.

  • it helps network operators identify tether traffic and prevents it from being hidden by the systems VPN.

  • it facilitates vendor pre installed adware, bloat ware, and malware that can't be uninstalled

  • it facilitates carrier locking to prevent users from switching carriers

[-] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago

I mean it is open source and you can go with something like lineage or graphineos to get around those things

[-] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Points 2 and 3 and just innate to the project, not something that can be fixed in a custom ROM. Point 1 is not something any of those projects choose to fix, you need to either root or use a particular ROM to get around that because of how baked into the network stack those limitations are.

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