@walruslifestyle see also: Google progressively shuttering features out of Android's open source tree and re-doing them as proprietary stuff as part of Google Play Services or whatnot, to make it harder for not just Android users but also device manufacturers to escape lock-in
Ars called this in 2013: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
@outie This article should be the stock response to anyone cautiously optimistic about google's new "open-source OS"
@drazraeltod If you have enough money to get it enforced... #predatorycapitalism @matt @outie
@lwriemen @matt @outie actually, when we're talking about large projects and huge companies, I find this is mostly not the biggest problem
they tend to move away from legal difficulties more than they try to win legal wars