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> Fire OS and my personal phone which is running a Google-free version of LineageOS would like to have a word. Hilariously, you just made the parent's point fo

> Fire OS and my personal phone which is running a Google-free version of LineageOS would like to have a word. Hilariously, you just made the parent's point for them - you yourself said you aren't running Android but Fire OS or LineageOS. Android, the product, comes with Chrome, Google Search, and the Google Play Store. If you want Android, you have to take all of Android. If you want to run something else, go for it, but then it isn't Android.

chmod775 8y ago
This is just factually wrong. Android is a separate software project that is developed separately from Google Play Services. The Android OS works perfectly without those installed. There's no "Chrome, Google Search, and the Google Play Store" in the Android repository. Especially since Android is open source, and most of the latter APKs are not. I suggest to actually have a look at the a android project before making claims like these. This page is a good place to start: https://source.android.com/setup/ https://source.android.com/setup/
- cmsj 8y ago
  Android the project is open source and lacks those apps, but Android the consumer branded product without those apps is not very appealing to customers.
  - Dylan16807 8y ago
    I doubt that. Play store and maps are important. Having a specific browser and search, on top of hangouts, google+, slides, photos... not so important.
    - pas 8y ago
      Maps are important, but you can use one of the many different map providers.
  - AstralStorm 8y ago
    It is perfectly fine with Firefox, K9 Mail... Or Samsung Browser and Mail apps. The Play Store is the one and only problem as the replacements are nowhere near close in functionality or popularity.
xg15 8y ago
And yet, Google is preventing vendors from selling phones with FireOS or LineageOS on them. How would those phones "fragment the Android experience" if they don't have anything to do with Android?

chmod775 8y ago

This is just factually wrong. Android is a separate software project that is developed separately from Google Play Services. The Android OS works perfectly without those installed. There's no "Chrome, Google Search, and the Google Play Store" in the Android repository. Especially since Android is open source, and most of the latter APKs are not. I suggest to actually have a look at the a android project before making claims like these. This page is a good place to start: https://source.android.com/setup/ https://source.android.com/setup/

cmsj 8y ago
Android the project is open source and lacks those apps, but Android the consumer branded product without those apps is not very appealing to customers.
- Dylan16807 8y ago
  I doubt that. Play store and maps are important. Having a specific browser and search, on top of hangouts, google+, slides, photos... not so important.
  - pas 8y ago
    Maps are important, but you can use one of the many different map providers.
- AstralStorm 8y ago
  It is perfectly fine with Firefox, K9 Mail... Or Samsung Browser and Mail apps. The Play Store is the one and only problem as the replacements are nowhere near close in functionality or popularity.

xg15 8y ago

And yet, Google is preventing vendors from selling phones with FireOS or LineageOS on them. How would those phones "fragment the Android experience" if they don't have anything to do with Android?