Android is barely open source, and AOSP can no longer directly run on any hardware, not even the pixel. It’s not really forkable and maintainable in any ongoing sense.
You need to be an OEM to get access to the latest android source code now.
The question is, who wants to fork and maintain android? That’s a massive undertaking, one that wouldn’t seem worth it until it started getting meaningful percentages of market share.
I imagine this will actually create competition. Android is open source. It can be forked.
Also there will always be things like raspberry pi and arduino.
Android is barely open source, and AOSP can no longer directly run on any hardware, not even the pixel. It’s not really forkable and maintainable in any ongoing sense.
You need to be an OEM to get access to the latest android source code now.
The question is, who wants to fork and maintain android? That’s a massive undertaking, one that wouldn’t seem worth it until it started getting meaningful percentages of market share.