• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      No please don’t confuse these. One is a technological marvel that changed the world for the better and the other is just an orange box that doesn’t do anything at all except maybe steal your personal data.

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        5 months ago

        Using Android as a base was honestly the most reasonable thing they did. No reason to reinvent the wheel. What they made with it is admittedly really shit, though.

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          5 months ago

          Oh for sure, an Android OS base is fine, but it just reinforces the fact that the actual device is manufactured shovelware E-waste that could have just been an expensive app, as the hardware itself doesn’t do anything special…

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            5 months ago

            I wouldn’t even say that. Even if they had a truly unique LLM that ran partially locally with a custom co-processor, Android might still have been a good choice. It’s just hard to beat an open source base that’s already compatible with most mobile hardware, and relatively easy to find Devs for.