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Fair enough, but android without play services is also barely usable and most apps will not run. It's also an effective way of building the walls around the ga
by eloff 6y ago
Fair enough, but android without play services is also barely usable and most apps will not run.
It's also an effective way of building the walls around the garden.
- yellowapple 6y agoI'm relatively ambivalent to a walled garden if and only if there's a (reliable) way to opt out of it. In Android's case, it's not only quite possible to opt out of Google's garden, but arguably rather commonplace (Amazon's "Fire" devices, most custom ROMs by default, etc.). In iOS' case, it's outright impossible.
- waynecrescent 6y agoOpting out will be harder and harder because technologies like SafetyNet will make most apps unusable on non google approved devices.
- bsaul 6y agowhich makes me wonder why amazon or facebook haven't started leading an open-source alternative to google play services. It's such an easy way to run the mobile race compared to start ing from scratch.
- folmar 6y agoAndroid with google services replacement MicroG GmsCore runs most apps without hassles.