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> They would promptly fork off the last open source Android and rarely take Google's subsequent updates. And thereby lose access to the Play Store?

• tonyztan 10y ago
  Amazon Kindle fires don't have Play Store. Manufacturers could set up their own app stores like Amazon did.
  • ReverseCold 10y ago
    Amazon is the only one who could possibly pull that off. Everyone else needs the play store. Amazon would probably let them use their store though...
    • kbenson 10y ago
      > Amazon is the only one who could possibly pull that off. Everyone else needs the play store. Samsung alone has more market share (by device) than Apple.[1] Samsung could probably do it, but it would be bumpy. > Amazon would probably let them use their store though... Maybe not without major concessions. Amazon subsidizes a lot of apps in their store because of their add serving architecture. 1: http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor
    • escap 10y ago
      There is no Google Play store in China. It might come though http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/02/06/no-really-this-time-a-censored-google-play-store-for-china-is-coming-at-some-point-maybe/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/02/06/no-really-this-time-...