18 Jan. (Portaltic/EP) –
A group of veteran computer professionals have developed a new operating system, called AphyOS, focused on privacy and with which they seek to bring down the current duopoly formed by iOS and Android.
This operating system is the result of the work of a Swiss start-up called Apostrophy, whose founder is Peter Neby, also creator of Punkt, developer of electronic equipment focused on usability, with basic ‘hardware’ and ‘software’.
This alternative to the large operating systems on the market is going to be presented within the framework of the World Economic Forum, which is currently taking place in Davos (Switzerland), where the company hopes to attract potential investors.
To create this work, Neby has recruited a group of former ‘software’ engineers from the company that develops KaiOSa Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphones with the motto “merge the power of a smartphone with the accessibility of a basic phone.”
Unlike the mainstream operating systems duopoly it hopes to topple, Apostrophy intends to cash in a subscription fee for its combination of ‘software’ and services, so that it is focused on offering AphyOS to manufacturers of ‘hardware’ instead of end users.
In this sense, Bloomberg Remember that your initiative is similar to the BlackBerry ecosystem of services, focused on security, an aspect in which this new operating system is also supported.
Specifically, the AphyOS ‘software’ is built on an open source version called GrapheneOS. To protect the privacy of users and prevent tracking of user actions, isolate applications.
It has also transpired that Aphy will be able to run services currently available on Android, but that will not include those of Google or its application store, Play Store, by default.
