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Google can exert a large amount of control over device makers --- Android without Google Play Services and the Google Play Store is pretty useless. (Unless you

Google can exert a large amount of control over device makers --- Android without Google Play Services and the Google Play Store is pretty useless. (Unless you have Amazon's scale and can clone all that.)

totitipo 10y ago
Android without Google Play Services/Store is not useless at all. Ask any Chinese Android user.
- ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  In China, apps Chinese citizens want are available in app stores available there. Everywhere else, Android apps people want are solely available through Google's store. And the only reason China has a competitive Android market: Google doesn't operate there. In fact, China proves what's so bad about the Play Store: We can definitively see how much more freedom exists if Google is axed from the equation.
  - Fazzle 10y ago
    I don't think most of the Chinese app stores are good examples though. Too much piracy, too many repackaged apps and security nightmares.
  - hooluupog 10y ago
    On the contrary,China proves what's so bad without the Play Store and GCM.Android is a mess there.