Huawei's homegrown operating system, launched after the company was put on a U.S. blacklist, may soon overtake Apple's iOS in China
Huawei's homegrown operating system, launched after the company was put on a U.S. blacklist, may soon overtake Apple's iOS in China
Huawei launched HarmonyOS in 2019, a few months after the Trump administration blocked U.S. firms from working with the Chinese company.
As shocking as when I learned the cuisine in China is Chinese.
12 0 ReplyIt would be more interesting if it was open source.
11 2 Replycore of HarmonyOS is open source though https://www.openharmony.cn/
20 5 ReplyI didn't know about that, thanks
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It's no surprise at all considering how ecosystem and China focused it is
6 0 Replyi only support software that is open source. if its proprietary it might as well be as bad as fucking apple.
now if these phones are bootloader unlocked and can run postmarketos or android...
6 1 Replyit is open source https://www.openharmony.cn/
11 5 Replylast i heard about huawei they were bootloader locked though
and isnt it mostly closed with some open parts?
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National Sovereignty done right
4 2 ReplyIt's just Android with a skin no?
6 5 ReplyIt was when it started but that hasn't been accurate for the past two releases.
9 1 ReplyI googled an article, said they started off as modder AOSP and are now not able to run Android apps anymore?
https://www.huaweicentral.com/harmonyos-next-is-more-than-just-eliminating-the-android-asop-code/
The gibberish about HarmonyOS "optimization" makes no sense though. One doesn't simply rip out the whole kernel from an OS.
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no
12 7 ReplyThanks, we definitely did not need any further information or sources from your reply. /s
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Did you expect originality over blatant design theft?
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We need more OS's built outside of the US, pity this one is written by the Chinese government.
9 8 ReplyI would prefer my OSes not built in NATO countries, thanks. My Windows AME is extremely despywared, otherwise I would not be using it as second OS either.
5 2 ReplyCareful, the mods consider what I said radical and breaking lemmy rules (gestures vaguely). Apparently independent operating systems are a taboo here.
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It's android based. They've tried to suppress all pieces mentioning it and they don't wanna speak about when the subject is mentioned.
4 9 ReplyIt's diverged quite a bit now, and nowhere did I see anybody deny that it's android based. What's the source for "hey don’t wanna speak about when the subject is mentioned"?
16 2 ReplyThe source is there : https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/harmonyos-hands-on-huaweis-android-killer-is-just-android/ It's explained also there https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS into the section Criticism
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donald's contribution to making China great again 🤭
5 10 Replygenocide joe continued exactly the same policies, it's a team effort
15 13 Reply👉 The Daily: How Biden Adopted Trump’s Trade War With China
if you think joe is "genocide", wait and see what will happen when donald goes back into the white house!
where were these protests when it was the U.$. itself that was doing the invading? They probably thought that there were no civilians hurt in Iraq?
"genocide joe" 🤦
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