I am all for driving down dependency on big tech but is google even bothered by which Internet you use if Android dominates the smartphone market? Most people will already be using one of Android/Apple/Microsoft OS, so that’s still a lot of western influence. Though, this is a huge step to digital independence imo.
I hope they start shifting towards Linux and fund open source initiatives.
People in Africa are largely using phones from China which don’t run Android. For example, Huawei has its own HarmonyOS now, that was forked from Android a while back and it’s no longer compatible with it.
I do think that Linux based phones would be great, but it doesn’t seem like there are any viable options in the foreseeable future.
I am all for driving down dependency on big tech but is google even bothered by which Internet you use if Android dominates the smartphone market? Most people will already be using one of Android/Apple/Microsoft OS, so that’s still a lot of western influence. Though, this is a huge step to digital independence imo.
I hope they start shifting towards Linux and fund open source initiatives.
People in Africa are largely using phones from China which don’t run Android. For example, Huawei has its own HarmonyOS now, that was forked from Android a while back and it’s no longer compatible with it.
I do think that Linux based phones would be great, but it doesn’t seem like there are any viable options in the foreseeable future.