> An OEM in China would promptly put out some sort of crappy phone that uses it and wrecks the Android brand. They're totally free to do that right now, they d

> An OEM in China would promptly put out some sort of crappy phone that uses it and wrecks the Android brand. They're totally free to do that right now, they don't need a more open version of android for that. It's not as if google is limiting who has or does not have access to the platform. The issue that RMS is trying to address is one that matters to a small subset of those that buy the phones, your ability to modify the code and improve it. The price of the lowest end android smartphones is dropping so fast there won't be any room left at the bottom for a hypothetical even lower end phone. As for android being 'more open than ios' RMS makes that point in the article.