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by palata 120 days ago
Agreed. I want to "own my device" as in "being able to install the system I want on it". Not as in "I want it to behave exactly like Desktop Linux", or whatever it is that people complain about AOSP.

On my Desktop I love Linux. But on my smartphone, I want AOSP.
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microtonal 120 days ago
Largely agreed, though I think on the desktop I’d also want AOSP in desktop mode with a traditional Linux distribution in a VM pretty much like Android 16’s Linux VM.

But then on desktop/laptop-class hardware, since the thermal constraints are different and it’s nice to have extensible storage and RAM. Of course, all this on the phone is also nice for when you only have your phone with you.

Then one could use fully sandboxed apps for banks, instant messaging, etc. and the VM for development.

AOSP is getting pretty close to this ideal.

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palata 120 days ago
> AOSP is getting pretty close to this ideal.

Yes I can totally imagine that in a few years, most people will only need a smartphone and a dock station. At home, they will plug their phone (iOS, Android, whatever) to their dock station and it will behave as a Desktop. And it will be good enough for everything they do.

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