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Still far better than Apple for open

• scarface74 4y ago
  How so? You can not profitable sell an Android phone without the closed sourced Google Play Services in any country outside of China any more than you can sell a phone running Darwin.
  • fomine3 4y ago
    As you said, they can sell without Google for China and technically it's possible on other market (see Amazon Fire, Meta Quest) and widely used for embeddeds, thanks to open core OS. AppleOS device is by 3rd party strictly impossible.
    • scarface74 4y ago
      Yes if you have the resources of a company worth over 1 trillion dollars you too can take advantage of the crumbs bestowed on you by Google to make a successful platform in the West…
      • fomine3 4y ago
        You can see other non big tech examples like DJI controller, and don't miss embeddeds like credit card terminal. Anyway no 3rd party can make AppleOS device, period.
  • jvolkman 4y ago
    My tv runs Android. My exercise bike runs Android. My DJI drone's controller runs Android.
    • scarface74 4y ago
      Your TV probably runs Android with Google’s proprietary stack on top..
      • netheril96 4y ago
        My TV doesn’t (I’m in China).