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You have to become a member of the open handset alliance to ship Google Play. By becoming a member of the OHA you sign a contract with Google that ties you to
by ce4 8y ago
You have to become a member of the open handset alliance to ship Google Play. By becoming a member of the OHA you sign a contract with Google that ties you to
A) not selling non OHA approved Android devices
B) installing Apps X,Y,Z
Amazon is one of the few Companies thats not a member of the OHA and can ship their own modified FireOS.
- dahfizz 8y agoBut nobody is forcing manufacturers to bundle in Google Play. Nothing at all is stopping manufacturers from shipping "pure" android. They freely choose to enter into these agreements because being able to bundle Google Play makes their phones a better product.
- ce4 8y agoNobody is forcing you to sell Andtoid devices either. If you do, you want to have access to the Google ecosystem. You will fail without PlayStore access. See Amazon phones.
- simion314 8y agoBecause more and more apps depend on Google play, It is like you can buy and install windows on your machine, MS does not force you to install vc++,directx or .NET but most of the apps will depend on this so you are kinda forced to install those.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoSaying it's a "free choice" when you can't have a successful phone in the US and Europe without it is dubious at best.
- kodablah 8y ago> you can't have a successful phone in the US and Europe without it I'm not convinced this is the case. Depends on definitions of successful. The absence of competition is not the same as the absence of the ability to compete, and regulating the latter under that assumption improperly assumes it will fix the former. There is more to success than the playing field.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThe ones that have tried have failed miserably. Unless I see a decently popular phone that doesn't get discontinued shortly after release due to low sales, I kinda have to stick by my original statement.