> then all that hardware will quickly get better support for it
Google has infinite money, a golden membership of Linux foundation, they ship Linux-based OS used by billions of people. Even they can’t support Linux kernel, instead they are supporting many thousands of lines of code of kernel patches for their Android.
I think the reason is Linux architecture. Specifically, the fact Linux insists drivers are compiled into the kernel, instead of providing an ABI for them.
Google has money. Unfortunately it has no HW design expertise. They could do what IBM did in the 80's: create a platform. But it is too much for google. And, taking into account the crap they make, it is better that way.
Google has infinite money, a golden membership of Linux foundation, they ship Linux-based OS used by billions of people. Even they can’t support Linux kernel, instead they are supporting many thousands of lines of code of kernel patches for their Android.
I think the reason is Linux architecture. Specifically, the fact Linux insists drivers are compiled into the kernel, instead of providing an ABI for them.