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Android is "free" to the consumer, but the payment is that if you want all of the Google apps (which are no longer part of the open source stuff) and the consum
by greglindahl 10y ago
Android is "free" to the consumer, but the payment is that if you want all of the Google apps (which are no longer part of the open source stuff) and the consumer uses the Google apps (likely), all of the search revenue goes to Google.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoThe numerous China Android based OS's, that are void of Google services, would disagree.
- greglindahl 10y agoExcuse me, disagree how? They don't use the special google apps, and search revenue doesn't go to google. That's consistent with what I said. Sorry that it wasn't clear.
- Andrex 10y agoGood point, but for the record none of the Google apps were ever open source - they were part of the compatibility suite from the start. They did start replacing a couple of the open source apps with Google versions, though (like the browser.)
- greglindahl 10y agoI was thinking of the browser in particular -- the open source one was abandoned a while ago, and the proprietary one has google hard-wired as the only search engine.
- hackuser 10y ago> Android is "free" to the consumer, but the payment is that if you want all of the Google apps (which are no longer part of the open source stuff) and the consumer uses the Google apps (likely), all of the search revenue goes to Google. The payment is your private information.
- greglindahl 10y agoThat too, although unpersonalized search ads are worth a lot more money than your private information.