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I can see how that might trouble some people, but the Compatibility Definition Document has always existed, hasn't it? You can't just release anything at all a
by beej71 16y ago
I can see how that might trouble some people, but the Compatibility Definition Document has always existed, hasn't it? You can't just release anything at all and slap the Android trademark on it and use the store, right? You have always had to operated within Google's restrictions if you wanted to do that.
So... why are people surprised?
- trythis 16y agoDoes the CDD disallow using a non-Google search engine? A quick perusal of the latest CDD suggests that isn't the case. My understanding is that you have to use Google's search engine if you want to slap "with Google" on the back of your phone.
- patrickaljord 16y ago> My understanding is that you have to use Google's search engine if you want to slap "with Google" on the back of your phone. Well, if your phone comes with Bing and it says "with Google", isn't that kind of lying? Also some phones have been locked on Bing so people couldn't even revert to Google.
- trythis 16y agoAfaik, you're supposedly free to ship a phone with Bing as long as it doesn't say "with Google". I assume the BusinessWeek report is saying that Google's trying to block Bing even if the phone doesn't say "with Google", otherwise this wouldn't be newsworthy. But maybe that's not the case, and Verizon's just trying to raise a stink. Unfortunately, Rubin's response doesn't exactly clarify things.
- fpgeek 16y agoI don't know what the CDD says about non-Google search engines, but I will point out that Bing is in the Android Market. Exactly how much more open does Google need to be to competitors' products and services?