Next year Google intends to lockdown the Android system, essentially violating the human rights of their users through "TOS updates". (Technical loopholes) This is honestly one of the most unevolved decisions ever made by a corporation. Android has already proven to be a better replacement of the PC space because of how much more portable it is. It is natively Linux, so that was inevitable. Windows transitioned almost a decade ago to a kernel based system that pretends to be DOS. (Knockoff Linux).
Now to put that into perspective, not only is Android open source, but Linux itself is.
What they are doing currently violates the fair-use policies for these open-source softwares to begin with.
In Android's case what separates it from the freedom of Linux is that people don't know there are other appstores, and that each one functions essentially like any other appstore on PC, completely independent of the rest of the system.
You are not forced to use Google Play Store, they just make it appear to be the only option. You do not have to use their hardware drivers, but that is the only option they will show you.
Then they have the "Android Compatibility Program" which dictates what hardware is "compatible with Android software", essentially forcing manufacturers to use hardware that needs proprietary Google drivers to run. (This creates a closed system where they have complete control, tying a rope around the user.)
These are Linux PCs in your pockets, whether they are Android or IOS, and all of the same protections and rights should extend to them.
This is the reason they wanted to classify Macs as being different than PCs to begin with as well, because if they are listed as different things, then they don't have the same rights applied to them. (This was during a time when Apple wouldn't sell out their customers) Now that is being used maliciously by anyone who sees the opportunity.
There are zero reasons for these devices to be treated as separate categories.
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Next year Google intends to lockdown the Android system, essentially violating the human rights of their users through "TOS updates". (Technical loopholes) This is honestly one of the most unevolved decisions ever made by a corporation. Android has already proven to be a better replacement of the PC space because of how much more portable it is. It is natively Linux, so that was inevitable. Windows transitioned almost a decade ago to a kernel based system that pretends to be DOS. (Knockoff Linux).
Now to put that into perspective, not only is Android open source, but Linux itself is.
What they are doing currently violates the fair-use policies for these open-source softwares to begin with.
In Android's case what separates it from the freedom of Linux is that people don't know there are other appstores, and that each one functions essentially like any other appstore on PC, completely independent of the rest of the system.
You are not forced to use Google Play Store, they just make it appear to be the only option. You do not have to use their hardware drivers, but that is the only option they will show you.
Then they have the "Android Compatibility Program" which dictates what hardware is "compatible with Android software", essentially forcing manufacturers to use hardware that needs proprietary Google drivers to run. (This creates a closed system where they have complete control, tying a rope around the user.)
These are Linux PCs in your pockets, whether they are Android or IOS, and all of the same protections and rights should extend to them.
This is the reason they wanted to classify Macs as being different than PCs to begin with as well, because if they are listed as different things, then they don't have the same rights applied to them. (This was during a time when Apple wouldn't sell out their customers) Now that is being used maliciously by anyone who sees the opportunity.
There are zero reasons for these devices to be treated as separate categories.
WE NEED AN ALL INCLUSIVE DIGITAL BILL OF RIGHTS.
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