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▲ amadeuspagel 20 hours ago

> VSCode is Android

Yes, an open source project that creates immense value, but fails to fulfill some purist fantasy.

▲tuyiown 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've yet to see any immense success based on the open source part of android.

Its value and main goal is to suffocate any initiative on mobile space, call it immense if you will, but I concede it certainly works.

▲genewitch 6 hours ago | parent [-]

We can't possibly be Anti-competitive! We give it away for free! "

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▲goku12 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would immediately jump ship if I could buy a phone that supports a truly free OS. Instead, I'm stuck with an option between a reasonably-secure, but completely locked-down phone (both hardware and software) with an exorbitant life-long cost and semi-locked-down phones with a pseudo-FOSS OS, whose main business is to my leak personal data for a dozen companies. Honestly, the only reason why Android (and iOS) reign unchallenged is because of their iron grip over the hardware ecosystem.

▲dizhn 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Like have a working keyboard?

▲JLCarveth 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My android phone doesn't have a working keyboard?

▲3np 19 hours ago | parent [-]

You use stock Android Open Source keyboard, not closed-sourced Gboard? Can you type in Chinese?

▲blackoil 13 hours ago | parent [-]

China doesn't uses Google services. Am sure they can type in Chinese.

▲jhanschoo 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Those Android phones are loaded with their manufacturer's Chinese IME, not a completely open-source one.

▲numpad0 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

CJK languages need language-specific AI conversion engines for any kind of typing. Which OSS versions exist for Japanese, I don't know for Chineses(CN/HK/TW - IIUC they're slightly divergent beyond fonts).

▲charcircuit 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Components that are not used, that almost always get replaced by vendors do not get much love. That the base AOSP should be optimized to use out of the box is a purist fantasy. In reality AOSP is made with the understanding that vendors are going to customize it. A lot of Android is designed to be modular, you can easily install a different keyboard app.

▲throwup238 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Yes, an open source project that creates immense value, but fails to fulfill some purist fantasy.

Yes, a purist fantasy of an open source project that functions without closed source proprietary blobs.

Oh, the horror! Won't somebody think of the children!?