nah it was considered more open for users.
This is the initial press release for the Open Handset Alliance, the collaborators for the creation of Android: https://web.archive.org/web/20260420021444/https://www.openh...
Nowhere is their goal to allow users complete control of their device. Android was built as an open-OS for the mobile device industry, not end-users.
Android might have been considered more open than other mobile OSes by users, but it was never a promise or goal.
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This is the initial press release for the Open Handset Alliance, the collaborators for the creation of Android: https://web.archive.org/web/20260420021444/https://www.openh...
Nowhere is their goal to allow users complete control of their device. Android was built as an open-OS for the mobile device industry, not end-users.
Android might have been considered more open than other mobile OSes by users, but it was never a promise or goal.