Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source capacity over the last decade.

Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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    • @[email protected]English
      4•6 days ago

      Yep, didn’t use it much but I have studio headphones that I lliked to plug from time to time.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•5 days ago

        TBH getting a nice dongle like a Fiio KA5 is not so bad. It’s small enough to just hang off the cord, and sounds better anyway, and you don’t have to throw it away every phone switch.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•5 days ago

            Sorry, I meant the KA1 or KA3, got them mixed up. My KA3 was like $50 used.

            I use it on my PC, too.

            Considering the cost in reference to the hardware, and that I can use it basically forever, and that it’s a lower distortion DAC than any phone? It’s not bad. And it’s a barely-noticable addon for my headphones that just lives on the cord.