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> There is nothing that stops a manufacturer from providing microG instead of Play Services and hence cutting Google out. Except the contract ??
by stefan_ 8y ago
> There is nothing that stops a manufacturer from providing microG instead of Play Services and hence cutting Google out.
Except the contract ??
- lern_too_spel 8y agoThe contract is to get Play Services. If they don't want Play Services, they don't need the contract.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoAnd that's the issue the EU is having. Play Services is pretty much essential to having a successful smartphone product in much of the world (at least the US and the EU). Many, many Android apps are only distributed through the Play Store, and many of those rely on Google Play Services. So trying to ship a phone in those markets without Google Play Services is a non-starter. Google knows this, and so they have added anti-competitive restrictions to that contract. That is the behavior the EU is objecting to.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoI never claimed otherwise. GGP said shipping microg would breach a contract. It doesn't.