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As far as I understand it, having the right to sell a phone with Google Play Services is an all-or-nothing situation. > The OHA is a group of companies committ
by lvillani 10y ago
As far as I understand it, having the right to sell a phone with Google Play Services is an all-or-nothing situation.
> The OHA is a group of companies committed to Android—Google's Android—and members are contractually prohibited from building non-Google approved devices. That's right, joining the OHA requires a company to sign its life away and promise to not build a device that runs a competing Android fork.
(cit. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/3/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on...)
- on_and_off 10y agoSamsung probably has the position of strength to push for a phone without play services. However that's a lot of stuff that suddenly needs to be replaced and I don't see Samsung able to pull of correctly half of Play Services.
- endemic 10y agoExactly the reason why Samsung is maintaining software that duplicates functionality already offered by Google.
- hocuspocus 10y ago> Samsung probably has the position of strength to push for a phone without play services. No they aren't. The first Galaxy Gear ran a non-certified version of Android and Google got really upset about it. Launching a phone would be suicide. As for the alternative services they already have a lot of stuff for the Chinese market and Tizen phones.