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GrapheneOSGrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
Oct 4, 2026, 3:08 PM
@pino @jeroensky @Tutanota Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is an open source OS and alternative operating systems based on it are forks of it similarly to each Android fork made by an OEM for their devices. The terminology custom ROM is inaccurate on a technical level and propagates many misconceptions about these. These are not modifications of the stock OS on devices but rather a fork of AOSP which runs on the hardware too with firmware and typically also userspace driver code from the OEM.
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GrapheneOSGrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
Oct 4, 2026, 3:09 PM
@pino @jeroensky @Tutanota AOSP can be forked and developed further without Google, but currently Google are the ones doing most of the development. It would be a massive amount of work to take over developing the whole OS.
It would be far better for Android to be split away from Google into an independent company by regulators due to Google's anti-competitive and fraudulent behavior in many areas. They use their monopolies for coercive control over Android OEMs and go back on commitments.
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