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Anyone can release a “free version” of a phone that runs Android. How successful of an effort will that be without proprietary Google Play Services?
by scarface74 4y ago
Anyone can release a “free version” of a phone that runs Android. How successful of an effort will that be without proprietary Google Play Services?
- monocasa 4y agoWhich wouldn't be an issue if play services was an open standard.
- arbitrage 4y agoHow much demand is there for phones that run Android without Google Play Services?
- scarface74 4y agoIn the US - none. That’s the point, Google used open source and gave software away for free to crush competitors and then used its market dominance and slowly made more of Android closed. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on...