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Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by jrockway on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @04:27PM (#6175389)
I don't think it's a problem if you're willing to use less capable hardware. Think Intel i7 vs. Lemote Loongson.
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Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by sliverstorm on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @04:53PM (#6175541)
Yeah, but what smartphone vendor is willing to take a 20x hit on performance in exchange for open blob licensing? Performance sells phones much more than blob licensing ever will.
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Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by biafra on Friday August 09, 2013 @06:27PM (#6188977)
The Nexus devices are supposed to be developer devices and should therefore have other priorities. An unlocked bootloader is not enough for a developer phone.
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