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by legacynl 3446 days ago
Just for the record, those are google services you talk about. Android itself is open source, and doesn't do any of those things.
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bluesilver07 3446 days ago
For practical purposes, does the difference really matter? Most consumer phones come with Google services on them. Building a usable ROM without Google services on them is not an easy task.
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h4waii 3446 days ago
Not only is it an extremely easy task for someone who wants such a thing, it's already been done and is widely available pre-build for a plethora of devices with projects like LineageOS (risen from CyanogenMod), AOSP, CopperheadOS etc...
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scarface74 3445 days ago
And if you choose non-Google Android, you don't get a lot of the features that make Android, Android. Google has been close sourcing huge chunks of Android over the years.
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