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Google only contols manufacturers as far as they want to ship google playstore. Android itself is gpl and apache license, so oems could just roll it themselves
by Brotkrumen 11y ago
Google only contols manufacturers as far as they want to ship google playstore. Android itself is gpl and apache license, so oems could just roll it themselves or go to a group such as cyanogenmod if google gets too restrictive.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoThat's really not shockingly relevant. It's nearly impossible to sell a successful Android product without the Play Store. If it was, most companies would already be doing it to avoid Google's bloatware.