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The effective monopoly is in access to the Play Store, which requires Play Services, which is strongly controlled by Google.
by Brakenshire 8y ago
The effective monopoly is in access to the Play Store, which requires Play Services, which is strongly controlled by Google.
- beenBoutIT 8y agoGoogle Play Services enable Google to guarantee a consistent UX across a wide range of OEM devices. Anyone with a Nexus device can build and flash an AOSP eng/debug image and manually install just the Play Store to understand why Play Services are a requirement.