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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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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

huh, look at that. the thing people were warned about when buying pixel phones happened.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

Google doing something bad? SAY IT ISN'T SO

[–] SavageCoconut@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I was about to buy one next year… what do you recommend instead?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

fair phone has treated me well enough.

I have a FP4 that runs e/os. won't lie, the software has bugs, but the hardware is pretty solid.