I wouldn't say it's bad per se, but getting worse. If they go through with their app developer verification thing then it will definitively cross the threshold from "thin fucking ice" to shit

[–] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago

Android is frustrating with the way it limits you from doing what you want within the os.

[–] wer2@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But Android is a Linux... Not GNU/Linux, but neither is Alpine.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And OSX is a BSD but nobody i ntheir right mind would consider it a BSD distro.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OSX is UNIX, built on BSD foundations but not BSD.

Android on the other hand IS Linux, and is distributed. So I say, it's a Linux distribution.

All other things that people mention as qualifying for a Linux distro are either GNU libs (which alpine doesn't have) or POSIX/UNIX way of doing things, which would disqualify Android from being POSIX compliant but not from being a Linux distro.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm gonna be real here I don't care.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Understandable, have a good day!