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Google is adjusting how Android is made, with the AOSP branch moving behind closed doors, leaving the entire OS to be privately developed.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just to be clear: Android is NOT becoming closed source! Google remains committed to releasing Android source code (during monthly/quarterly releases, etc.) , BUT you won't be able to scour the AOSP Gerrit for source code changes like you could before.

https://x.com/MishaalRahman/status/1904905109022048280

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It just looks like staging to take it closed. This is just worse for the consumer any way you slice it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am not sure, there was nothing stopping them from taking it fully closed now in one step. It is more likely making it open only after release is a measure to avoid all the community input spaff during development. So long and thanks for all the feedback.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Sure there was. Backlash and bad publicity for one. This way they do it in small digestible bites.