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Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by eknkc on Sunday November 03, 2013 @02:26PM (#6664595)
You are absolutely right. However you comment reminds me this one from original Dropbox announcement on Hacker News:

"For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software."

This might be a fun experiment for a developer. But for the broad user perspective even replacing launcher is a big deal.

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Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by nr0mx on Sunday November 03, 2013 @03:46PM (#6664974)
Yes, but the average user is also not going around looking for a Truly Free Version of the OS powering their phones/tablets.

The point is, Android is currently the go-to mobile OS for anyone who wants to scratch their itch. like Linux has been on the desktop. And there have been plenty who have taken up this offer (e.g Amazon, Chinese & Indian manufacturers, Android console makers), except they aren't end-users.

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