Since this innuendo keeps getting reposted, it's worth restating:
AOSP has been and still is a resounding success for everyone.
Perhaps insufficient experience with the pre-AOSP status quo might be clouding the author's judgement.
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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When AOSP was first released, it included all necessary app. Now many of them have been replaced by Google's proprietary app.
There is also the Play Services, necessary for many third party apps. I know an open source compatible lib exists, but it's not the same as not needing it at all.
Yes you can use a fully Open Source Android system, but it's getting farer and farer from a "standard" Android install with all the Google proprietary stuff.
We still do have custom versions of AOSP, such as lineage OS and graphene OS. However, with the difficulty to install them, most people will choose not to, but the people who really want their privacy and open source will go through the hassle of installing them.
graphene OS. However, with the difficulty to install them, most people will choose not to
GrapheneOS is ridiculously simple.to install. EnableOEM unlocking, boot to fastboot, connect to PC. Then you press four buttons (wait for the buttons to say they're done) on a browser. Super simple.
Granted, it's harder than picking up your phone and using the OEM install, but that doesn't make GrapheneOS difficult to install. The days of using exploits, flashing a custom recovery, flashing a zip, then flashing another for Gapps, maybe one for a kernel, etc...those days are over if you're using a Pixel with GrapheneOS.
AOSP is basically unusable by itself now.
Ancient applications that were abandoned long ago, hardware incompatibility, outdated drivers, lots of stuff from shifted to Play Services that are missing or borked in AOSP now, etc.
Shit, most of the time notifications don't even work.
Google got what they wanted from AOSP. They bought it, they got everyone onto it. And then they started killing it and shifting everybody to use play services and be more beholden to Google. You can never trust big tech.