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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by thecodeore on Friday December 13, 2013 @06:39AM (#6900058)
Because while the ARM processor is probably supported, most of the other sensors, camera, cell radios, etc have proprietary binary drivers that are not.

Just read the problems Replicant, the true FOSS android, has had getting all components to work correctly.

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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by ChuckMcM on Friday December 13, 2013 @03:59PM (#6902878)
It will be interesting if we can get more people to flip their HW over to the 'open' side of things.
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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by CalRobert on Friday December 13, 2013 @06:43AM (#6900072)
An excellent point, and a bummer.
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