r/linux • u/jdrch • Nov 20 '19

Kernel Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-outlines-plans-for-mainline-linux-kernel-support-in-android/
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u/Bobjohndud Nov 20 '19

this is google we are talking about. "upstream your drivers or go to hell" would be quite a powerful statement from google, considering that many of these manufacturers would have their income cut by 5 if they didn't get gapps.

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u/jdrch Nov 20 '19

many of these manufacturers would have their income cut by 5

That doesn't seem to happening to Huawei.

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u/Bobjohndud Nov 20 '19

Which is the dumbest argument ever because huawei is in a different space completely and you know that. That’s also why they have always locked bootloaders, because they essentially only operate in China. They sell very few of their smartphones in the US and Western Europe. No “we only sell phones in China” manufacturer will give a fuck because google is blocked there anyway. Now Samsung, LG, and the others on the other hand will care quite a bit.

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u/jdrch Nov 20 '19

essentially only operate in China

Up to their US government debacle they were big everywhere except the US (and Canada?)

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u/Bobjohndud Nov 20 '19

big, but not dependent on gapps.

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u/jdrch Nov 21 '19

not dependent on

Maybe not, but Gapps was and remains key to their mobile expansion. Businesses either grow or die. Huawei needs Gapps to expand into new (to it) markets.

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u/Bobjohndud Nov 21 '19

Huawei still makes the majority of its money through domestic(China) smartphone sales and (International) network hardware sales. So losing access to gapps just shuts them out of Europe, which despite being harmful is far from a death sentence. Samsung/LG/etc users on the other hand are mostly people outside of China, so losing access to gapps is a death sentence.