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It is less leverage than you might think. Samsung once threatened to switch their Phones to Tizen, Huawei is building out Harmony OS and all the Chinese OEM’s
by blululu 5y ago
It is less leverage than you might think. Samsung once threatened to switch their Phones to Tizen, Huawei is building out Harmony OS and all the Chinese OEM’s make hard forks of Android for that market since Google Play Services are illegal in China.
A big part of why you would use Android is the price (free) and convenience (already built). Once you need to pay for it or put in extra development cycles the choice is less clear. Google really can’t just bend OEMs to its Will like that.
- warning26 5y ago> Huawei is building out Harmony OS Ah yes, the Android reskin (see: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/harmonyos-hands-on-huaweis-android-killer-is-just-android/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/harmonyos-hands-on-h...) > Samsung once threatened to switch their Phones to Tizen An empty threat -- Samsung knows that no one would buy their phones based on Samsung specific software selling points like Bixby™