Android is ten years old

[alanfranz]

https://www.blog.google/products/android/celebrating-sweet-decade-android/

[breakingcups]

And since then the AOSP has been hollowed out with a lot of code moving to Google's (closed source) equivalents.

[londons_explore → breakingcups]

Moving code from AOSP to Google Play Services is a direct response to people like the EU saying googles business practices aren't legal.

That code in Play Services they can now license for $$$. Had they not moved it, anyone would be able to use it and not give Google any $$$'s.

Cases like this highlight how the open source business model is broken.

[russellbeattie]

Back then I actually posted what is probably the earliest video of Android in action available online: https://vimeo.com/384481

[Jaruzel → russellbeattie]

Ahhh phones with hard keyboards... How I miss them.

[akhilcacharya]

The fact that they used the N5 for the pre 4.4 OS renders is truly confusing.