People are slowly realizing that Android only weaponized open source licenses but was always meant to be a captive platform, like people are slowly realizing that VS Code has open source code but is a captive platform.

Open source licences are not enough. They’re regularly weaponized as a tech enthusiast trap.

@thibaultamartin I don't think that this is a particularly good take. Open source fundamentally means anyone can fork the source code and change it for any reason. Instead of VS Code, there's VS Codium. Instead of Android, there's a million alternatives BECAUSE it's open source.

I hate the direction that Google is taking to close down Android, but this has nothing to do with the license. In fact, it's the opposite.

@Fireforger
Have you tried to run any of microsoft's VS Code extensions, like the C++ one, on OSS Code?

They will refuse to run, because the base software is open source, but the useful parts are not. It is a captive platform
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