The issue here > Amazon ships hundreds of millions of Android devices that use non of Google's services. isn't that they cannot do it, it's that if they do ship

The issue here > Amazon ships hundreds of millions of Android devices that use non of Google's services. isn't that they cannot do it, it's that if they do ship their own device stripped of Google softwares, they cannot ship other devices they made themselves that are certified. It's either one or the other. For Amazon it's a choice they can live with. Not so much for the average phone manufacturers, as choosing not to ship devices with Google apps would severely limit their marketshare. This is the major issue, manufacturers should be able to do both if they want without blacklisting themselves from Google.