More big open source news out of Asia. (The other news being South Korea's governments decision to possibly move from Windows to Linux.) I know for me personally, the Trump administration's yo-yoing on ZTE, which is another Chinese phone manufacturer, has caused my cell phone carrier (Boost Mobile) to pretty much discontinue the brand. We also happen to own two perfectly fine ZTE phones! What a headache!!
As for Huawei, I personally like the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). I frequently use
Jason Kung's Launcher <3 on my own phone which is based on AOSP, and I have installed it on a friend's phone too. It's an excellent launcher. It's in the same basic camp as
Google Now -- which I'm currently using now, and of which Google has stopped development. These are basic stock Android launchers. They're simple to use, and, in my opinion, still the best.
My greatest concern, of course, is that this trade war with China could potentially lead to real war if the two nations are not very careful here. My other and more likely concern is that the Internet will be becoming more and more balkanized. It could become less
Inter as time moves on. The World Wide Web, which in my understanding is
built upon the Internet, may possibly become less world wide, or universal, over time. Neither of these possibilities would be any darn good.
Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source versionBy T.C. Sottek for The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/19/18631558/google-huawei-android-suspensionP.S.
If you're interested in this topic and in learning a little more about the United States' concerns about Huawei, genuine and alleged, can be found
here.
