I agree, the ecosystem seems to be focusing too much on hype and not enough on a strong and secure foundation. I’m still hoping for the best but I feel must more hopeful towards Linux on mobile devices. They are moving at an excruciatingly slow pace, though. Not enough resources and hands.

I didn’t say they need to rip something out. I didn’t say their current efforts to open up weren’t valid. I specifically said that I don’t know whether it would have made sense to start with reduced requirements.

I just stated that they didn’t “happen” to only support Google. I simply acknowledged how they knew exactly that the standard they were writing would only be matched by one vendor as they were writing it.

Google just happened to be the only company meeting those requirements

I don’t know. They designed the requirements in a way that only Google met them. It didn’t “happen” to meet them after the fact.

It’s like demanding yellow hard hats on a construction site. Sure, they are safe and highly visible. Would it make sense to allow black hard hats as well if it means not locking into a single vendor and try pushing for high vis while having a stronger base? And also working around the issue with a vest? I don’t know the answer to that but it’s clear that they have made a conscious decision to move into the situation that they now find themselves in.

Isn’t graphene having a challenging future because they have vendor locked themselves into pixel phones and said vendor is pulling the rug by not providing drivers going forward?