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AOSP isn't dead, but Google just landed a huge blow to custom ROM developers (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 days ago by lzfm@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting their device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release.
The company says this is because it’s shifting its AOSP reference target from Pixel hardware to a virtual device called “Cuttlefish” to be more neutral.
While Google insists AOSP isn’t going away, developers must now reverse-engineer changes, making the process for supporting Pixel devices more difficult.

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[–] Quik@infosec.pub 2 points 18 hours ago

This fits into Google tying Android closer to them, same with the recent move of only making release source publicly available.

They're regretting having started Android as an "open" platform and want to gain control fast, maybe preparing for the current anti-trust trials they are facing in the US.