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Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo by pjmlp on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:14AM (#15139501)
For sure Google can do it, what would they do, sell handsets with their own OS, based on a fork from GNU/Linux?

It has worked quite well for those that tried.

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Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo by majewsky on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:31AM (#15139801)
What would they do? Sell handsets with a years-old Android, of course. Experience shows that the average customer doesn't give a shit about Android versions.
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Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo by pjmlp on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:06AM (#15139962)
Which in such scenario wouldn't be able to talk to Google Play Service servers any longer, if Google was actually serious about doing it.
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