@itsfoss it makes sense with android being based on GNU/Linux
Mmmm, Google have been playing 'the long game' for years i think.
With AOSP and Google Android under their belt and Pixel phones also in their stable, they are really the only company able to take on Apple in the mobile market.
However, if they also developed a cross-platform Google Linux distro, they could implement their own eco-system across the board's, similar to Apple but without the MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, etc, etc,... bottleneck.
Afterall, something radical needs to happen to reign in Apple.
Watching with interest.
Very true.
But, is that ultimately sustainable?
I haven't had a Google account for many years and logged out of Apple months ago. However, all my computers are Apple and my phone is a Pixel 8a, running GrapheneOS.
The very growth of things like Mastodon, in my view, shows people are getting sick of the intrusions.
I can see Google licensing Android to Motorola, Samsung, etc and pursuing a course similar to Apple with Google Linux.
"Pie in the sky'? Maybe. But I come from a time when 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive's were State of the Art.
In this industry, nothing would surprise me anymore...
@itsfoss On a phone, it might not be very comfortable to use
On the other hand, this on a tablet + wireless keyboard could work well as a laptop
And seeing how the best value-price of productivity devices is usually on tablets, going as low as 150€ for a new samsung tablet with usable enough RAM and CPU and quite good battery, this could add the usefulness value that tablets were missing
Honestly, ever since android 12L, Google's priority seems to have become making tablets very appealing