> Google - Allows any hardware manufacturer to use their OS, and you can install any application you want. Google publishes the stripped down version of Androi

> Google - Allows any hardware manufacturer to use their OS, and you can install any application you want. Google publishes the stripped down version of Android because the original open source license demands it. It also bend over backwards to make that version as out of date and useless as possible, and as a result, non-Google Android clones make up a negligible part of the market. The official version of Android is tightly licensed, with a proeminent Google controlled app store that the hardware manufacturer cannot override etc. So in reality, they are doing the same thing as Apple. But I believe you are correct, Apple too should be investigated for the way it runs its app store.