• BilSabab@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Wasn’t Google trying to get their own OS off the ground? It’s in their business interest for people to switch from Windows to elsewhere.

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      3 days ago

      Fuschia, I think it was called. Their own Linux like OS, but with all their own custom tools

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        Fuschia did get used on some of their smart home stuff that they’ve shifted focus away from. I suspect they were just building a dedicated embedded OS to standardize on for non-phone gadgets that don’t need full fat android

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      It’s not in their interest for people to switch to something actually good that they will want to stay on, though.

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        the paradox of capitalism. can’t just have a good thing because that doesn’t perpetually generate money at scale.