Luffy

Its the google services rootkit, not AOSP

market for a low specs/low price handheld for 2D retro-style games

Its called an android emulator.

Those who have the money would rather go for a real retro console

Those who don’t probably do not have the money to buy all those cartridges with only 1 game on them, and will just use their phone or pick up a cheap android tablet

And for the retro-modern niche there are emulator handhelds for very cheap

So, basically the target audience is people who:

• don’t have the money to buy a real retro console + games
• have a problem with emulating/ripping the games themselves
• want to pay full price for retro games (even if you take the price for steam, they are going to cost more due to the hardware
• don’t want any QoL like with emulator handhelds

where is your open phone system now

https://source.android.com/

You should honestly check with your ISP if the URL won’t resolve for you