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The fact that Google allows other OEMs to install their OS, as opposed to Apple which does not, is being used against them. If the lesson that Google learns is
by guelo 8y ago
The fact that Google allows other OEMs to install their OS, as opposed to Apple which does not, is being used against them. If the lesson that Google learns is that it will kill it's OEM program then consumers will be worse off.
- paglia_s 8y agoWhy would Google have to allow OEMs to install their OS? They do not control the hardware, what google does is not allowing OEMs accessing it's services like Google Play unless it installs a lot of other apps like Gmail, Maps, Google search...
- gowld 8y agoNot quite. The problem is that Google offered Android Open Source for free but then didn't allow its parrtners to use it freely. If they never open sourced Android they wouldn't have this problem.