Whats an “ Android fork” for us non-coders.....thanks in advance.
The only fork I am familiar with....apart from the eating variety is the fork that works my clutch plate in my stick shift truck.....it must be a Ford Fork.
AOSP or Android Open Source Project is the base of Android.
Google android is built on top of that with the google surveillance apps integrated into it.
Amazon Fire OS on their tablets and devices is a fork of the AOSP and has no google apps or services on it.
Graphene OS is a hardened android fork with no google that can be installed on phones that allow the bootloader to be unlocked. They have an interesting take on allowing google play to run, but in a sandbox so it cannot contact goolge’s servers 3200 times a day with your info.
There are a few other android forks out there for phones as well.