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I think everybody know what happen
Today I still search android’s alternative system
Dude anybody have any good idea about alternative android this thing ?
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yeah , I found today , but they support device …
The only sane Android alternative is iOS.
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Are you sure ?
Yes.
Why are you looking for an alternative?
Graphene OS is top-notch.
Linux phones are becoming usable as they now can run (via emulation I think) Android apps.
But security-wise it’s much worse than Android.
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Android is a platform. iOS is a product.
An alternative for Android would be something like SailfishOS, TizenOS, etc?
Is there a reason why you might seek Android alternatives?
Linux mobile distros are not as secure as something like Graphene OS. But if there is a more philosophical or ideological reasoning behind this, please let us know.
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Oh boy, you’ll struggle with third-party software, like Android apps on Linux. You can use emulation, of course, but that could be pretty unpractical.
I think you should get a GrapheneOS device if you need to use Android apps, like WhatsApp. I never used a Linux phone but I think those could require some figuring out if you wanna make things work.
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Isn’t iOS also a platform as well in the sense that it provides a framework for developers to create applications?
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I would agree with @Lukas here:
SailfishOS and Tizen isnt fully open source and iOS isnt open source and I see little functional difference with Trusting. I hate Apple but I know what will happen with them involved. Mobile OS devs are arent inherently sketchy but less devs and technical debt is sketchier.
The app ecosystem isnt there at all.
I fully support Linux mobile but at this point, Linux phone alternatives is a dev platform more than anything. It is still a meme. Not daily driver worthy unless you are willing to spend time with it like a vet tending to a sick dying puppy.
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Ubuntu Touch is usable, though I don’t feel like using Linux if all I’m going to do is emulating Android anyway.
so I choose PostmarketOS and Ubuntu Touch
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We are both having what’s called a … semantic discord?
Yes, iOS is a “platform” for app developers. No, iOS isn’t a platform for OEMs to build on top off, not even like Windows. That is a significant difference, in my eyes, and so, I’d not consider iOS an “Android alternative” in that context.
That said, I get your point about iDevices being an “alternative” to Android devices.
The OS developers are aware, I imagine. Not sure how good Android emulation is on these OSes, but that’s one avenue.
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This is overblown. Android is still open source, it is just that the source code will only be updated every major release (QPR I think) instead of having a public git where you can see all the commits in real-time.
See Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here’s why
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yes. 
This is the clarification I was seeking as originally I did not understand your disagreement to @Lukas statement. Thanks!
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