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I want to Android as an example to prove otherwise. While yes, you can install CyanogenMod (without Google Play Services), or others along those lines that rem
by ohstopitu 10y ago
I want to Android as an example to prove otherwise.
While yes, you can install CyanogenMod (without Google Play Services), or others along those lines that remove the "Google" out of Android, it's true value (for most common users) is Google Play Services.
While you can say that you can get apps from apkmirror or F Droid, most apps still won't work without Play Services (case & point - Snapchat)
my entire point being - yes, it's very easy to have alternatives (and their importance can't be ignored), Google services (be it Play, or Gmail or others) are what people are looking for.
- rakoo 10y agoYes, alternatives inside the Android ecosystem are more technically doable than easily doable. I was more thinking of other operating systems: we are fare from lacking functioning alternatives both on mobile and on desktop.
- wbl 10y agoAnd people can just buy an iPhone instead. Windows phone is still chugging along.
- eumoria 10y agoDefine chugging along. I was under the impression it was broken down at the side of the road and moment away from being abandoned.