Some of us knew this 30 years ago

well said. i've never felt that the end product of android qualified as open source, merely based on some open source. DRM anywhere in android should surprise no one.

android is not the end game. its a bit of leverage to keep apple from taking over the world so a non-apple ecosystem of hw vendors can survive long enough to provide the basis for something open later. in this, it is succeeding. mobile is young, we'll get there.