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Why Android is terrible
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| - It used Java (Dalvik VM) for super low resource devices + violated many Oracle | |
| patents | |
| - There was no trust in the user at all, customizations were fairly limited | |
| - Instead of complying with the Linux kernel standards and sending patches they | |
| forked it and used a completely different standard lib (bionic) | |
| - It reinvented many technologies like X11 (surfaceflinger, pixelflinger, etc) | |
| - It used the Linux kernel but broke hardware compatibility with Linux kernels | |
| - Dubbed as open source, but still had locked down bootloaders and hardware | |
| firmware | |
| - Versioning was terrible; many many devices are stuck on ancient, abandoned | |
| Android versions | |
| - Google spying on users through various means | |
| - Did not even allow you to remove vendor supplied garbage apps |
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