If things keep going in the direction they are, there might not be a LineageOS at some point, and developing a useful alternative before that (Linux based) would be great.

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em-bee 16 hours ago | parent [-]

so we fork and continue to work on lineageOS. why start from scratch? (i mean, it's nice to have alternatives, but there is no reason not to continue developing an android fork.

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Telaneo 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Working on LineageOS doesn't help you if you can't even install it. Fewer and fewer phones come with unlockable bootloaders these days. The grip is tightening.

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em-bee 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

right, but if you can't install a custom android, you can't install anything linux based or anything else for that matter. so that's a different issue entirely.

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pavon 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, but if you are building your own phone hardware to run Linux on it, there is a huge advantage in that Linux flavor being an AOSP fork, since it is already mature.

	▲	j45 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		While that's a viable option as something some people can do, it will be for the few in general, not the many.