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> Are you perhaps suggesting Google should suddenly and unilaterally prevent Android from working on Qualcomm devices until Qualcomm agrees to support it for X
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> Are you perhaps suggesting Google should suddenly and unilaterally prevent Android from working on Qualcomm devices until Qualcomm agrees to support it for X years?
Yes, literally
> Which, if it were even possible, would hurt the other OEMs more than it would hurt Google?
Seriously? Whats the revenue share of Qualcomm's sales from Android vendors, 99.9%? The negotiation would last one meeting.
It would only hurt the head of the Qualcomm CEO when doing a quarterly report.
- izacus 3y agoThat would be a massive violation of Android Open Source license - something this site constantly rants about when Google moves a new component behind closed doors. People are screaming at Google for "monopoly abuse" when they move the SMS app into closed source and now you want them to do what exactly? Ban OEMs from using Apache licensed Android until they bow down to their business? How do you expect that to work? Like, do you people even think for a second when you write this stufF?
- wmf 3y agoGoogle Android diverged from AOSP long ago and already has hundreds of pages of requirements. https://source.android.com/docs/compatibility/14/android-14-cdd https://source.android.com/docs/compatibility/14/android-14-... Likewise Google abused their monopoly for years, so why not use that power for good? https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23341207/google-eu-android-antitrust-fine-appeal-failed-4-billion https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23341207/google-eu-androi...
- izacus 3y agoBecause both US and EU are suing them to prevent that.