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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 359 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (25 children)

Before anyone gets too excited, the headline is clickbait. The bigger Chinese phone brands are looking into de-googled Android. They are still going to use Android.

several prominent Chinese smartphone manufacturers, including Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus, are exploring the possibility of developing versions of the Android operating system that do not rely on Google Mobile Services.

Chinese laptop makers are also in search of an OS that isn't Windows. Queue a race to prop Linux with Android support on that side of things.

[–] knighthawk0811@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

de-googled Android you say?

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 8 points 21 hours ago

Too bad that what you want in a Google-free Android distro isn't what the manufacturers want.

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