“I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Android, is in fact, GMS/Android, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Google plus Android. AOSP is not an ecosystem unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Google ecosystem made useful by Google Play Services, monetization models, and mandatory telemetry components comprising a full OS as defined by Alphabet.”
“Linux-based? Like Android?”
“WE DO NOT SPEAK THE NAME OF THE IMPURE”
Android can be great. It’s Google that’s the problem.
I daily drive an Android phone without any Google services or apps.
Pretty sure it’s Linux, based OS. Lol