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Nah, it's made by Google who are actively kneecapping it. Technically it counts, but in spirit it doesn't count to me. It's like…the PS4 runs on Linux too, but nobody celebrates a 100% locked down box as a triumph for Linux.
it actually runs on a derivative of FreeBSD
Which is important because BSD is not GPL licensed
Unlike the PS4 OS, Android comes in many flavours, many of which are completely de-Googled, free, and open-source.
I hate Windows enough that any OS that is a Unix-like counts as a W no matter how small. MacOS and iOS are ultimately based on BSD and Android is Linux, just not GNU/Linux.