> Sure it won't come today or this year, but it is vital for companies to start to distance themselves from google licensing for their own betterment. Which co

> Sure it won't come today or this year, but it is vital for companies to start to distance themselves from google licensing for their own betterment. Which companies? Why would Samsung and other non-China based smartphone makers feel the need to do this? Also switching away from Android because of the risk of being blacklisted by the US is akin to rebuilding the foundation of your house when it's built on mud. If you get blacklisted by the US losing access to android seems to be the least of your problems.