I’ve made this poll due to a debate over the definition of “base” Android. I consider it to be the AOSP, but I would like other’s inputs on it. Thanks for voting!.

  • SpookyAlex03@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    Base Android? That’s ASOP. But the more common “Stock Android” for me is AOSP+GApps, which skins build on and ROMs deviate from (*generally)

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      3 months ago

      I agree with this, with the additional point that “stock Android” no longer means “whatever is the default on a Google phone” which is how people used to (and sometimes still do) answer this question. Pixels have deviated far enough from AOSP now that the word “stock” has lost its meaning in reference to them.

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    3 months ago

    I don’t see how it can be anything other than AOSP. Base Android doesn’t mean “complete and working out of the box with every essential application I need”, it means base. As in, the base from which everything else is developed. That’s AOSP.

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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    3 months ago

    I consider it to be AOSP. It’s not super usable, it misses some important apps by default. But base means bare minimum to have a launcher and being able to install your own apps, even if that includes providing your own dialer and camera and music player and stuff. AOSP does that well, it’s the base, the starting point to make a ROM.