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No, not anyone can ship a phone without the Google Play Store: if you ship one device with it, all your devices must ship with it. That isn't that far away fro
by gsnedders 8y ago
No, not anyone can ship a phone without the Google Play Store: if you ship one device with it, all your devices must ship with it.
That isn't that far away from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp. over Intel's exclusivity contracts.
- MBCook 8y agoReally? Didn’t know they did that. MS had effectively the same rule too, didn’t they? Wasn’t that (one of) the reasons we didn’t see Linux as even a BTO option for the longest time?
- gsnedders 8y ago> MS had effectively the same rule too, didn’t they? Wasn’t that (one of) the reasons we didn’t see Linux as even a BTO option for the longest time? Until 1994: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsofts-1994-consent-decree-boon-or-bust/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsofts-1994-consent... Note that the MS one was different: OEMs paid license costs based on computers shipped (with/without Windows), whereas Google requires complete exclusivity if you ship one device with Google Play Store.
- MBCook 8y agoI thought the MS one was cost based. “It’s nice and cheap until you sell one OS/2 box.” Thanks.