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Now for SFOS, which from my understanding went further away from the open source idea with moving to the Sony Open Device Program. On the Sony devices, SFOS uses the bootloader and Android kernel provided with the device (which prevents Jolla from fixining certain bugs on the Xperia X, as they would have to migrate to the new kernel v4, provided by Sony). While the kernel can still be counted as open source (because it's a Linux kernel), it's making the whole handling much more difficult because it is no longer in the hands of Jolla to modify it.
Still, I personally prefer SFOS over Android any time. Open Source simply means that you can review the source code, not that this code is "good" in any way. With Android, my issue is less the closed source part of the Google Apps, but the whole ecosystem of Google with the goal of collecting as many data as possible. And this is present as well in the AOSP systems (regular "internet connection checks" to Google servers, default synchonization of all data, ...). Using an Android system always makes me paranoid that all and everything wants to grab my data. And while you can manage that for Apps quite well by now, you can't really restrict the core system (at least not without a big effort).
So the point "better having closed-source apps which you can replace easily than closed-source UI which you can't" isn't valid when you can't trust the company behind the whole system.
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different European startup is hoping to catch some uplift: Finland-based Jolla steers development of a made-in-Europe Android alternative, called Sailfish OS.
It’s a very tiny player in a Google-dominated smartphone world. Yet could be positioned to make gains amid U.S. and Chinese tech clashes — which in turn risk making major platform pieces feel a whole lot less stable.
A made-in-Europe non-Google-led OS might gain more ground among risk averse governments and enterprises — as a sensible hedge against Trump-fueled global uncertainty.
“Sailfish OS, as a non-American, open-source based, secure mobile OS platform, is naturally an interesting option for different players — currently the interest is stronger among corporate and governmental customers and partners, as our product offering is clearly focused on this segment,” says Jolla co-founder and CEO Sami Pienimäki .
“Overall, there definitely has been increased interest towards Sailfish OS as a mobile OS platform in different parts of the world, partly triggered by the on-going political activity in many locations. We have also had clearly more discussions with e.g. Chinese device manufacturers, and Jolla has also recently started new corporate and governmental customer projects in Europe.”