[Manthink]

There's nothing incorrect with what I've posted. It's simply that your interpretation is incorrect.
I've said that Harmony OS is just a flavour of Android, what's wrong with that? Whether it is Google or the US govt that forces the restriction of HW is out of point, as it's totally irrelevant to the argument. Your statement that "why would Huawei wanna re-invent the wheel" is precisely what I've said, that HW is simply using Android, given that the task is humongous.  Harmony OS is not distinctly different from Android. Anybody who thinks otherwise does not have a good sense of how Android works.

You are incorrect -

a. One doesn't need further "interpretation" since US gov law is explicitly bans US tech coy from working with Huawei.
Is strange for u to consider that as "irrelevant".

b. No one is arguing that developing a new OS is a  "humongous" challenge. What you are ignoring is if both Android and HarmonyOS are "not distinctly different", why is the later able to run on other smart devices while Android cannot ?