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My understanding was not that a manufacturer had to use a Google OS on all their devices, but that they could not ship Android without Google services. So Samsu
by philistine 6y ago
My understanding was not that a manufacturer had to use a Google OS on all their devices, but that they could not ship Android without Google services. So Samsung can (and has in minuscule quantities) ship a Tizen phone. Or a Windows phone. They just cannot ship an AOSP phone.
- CountSessine 6y agoEveryone in China ships AOSP phones. You’re completely free to. But everyone wants google services because everywhere outside China, they’re ubiquitous. And Tizen will never be a successful software ecosystem on the order of android or iOS. Samsung is all thumbs when it comes to software. They don’t understand how to build and sustain a software platform and what third party devs need.