That's only technically correct. I'd say given the words I said around "Linux," your response is pedantic at best.

Android is in no way what I want. And is it Open and Free? Can I do whatever I want with it? Can I install NixOS Mobile? Jailbreaking doesn't count since we are talking about official product offerings.

If I can't run my own software from source + make my device completely decoupled from Meta, it isn't a competitor of Simula to me.

So? Android is Linux only in the most technical sense, but not in the sense most people care about.

- you’re not free to switch distros like you can with conventional Linux hardware

- you cannot run a conventional Linux userland except for sad parodies of it that work out of a “chroot”

- X11 and Wayland support is limited

Android is diet Linux, not the real thing.