If the majority of devices running Android are completely out of their control without a Google-branded experience Google makes a lot of cash off of iOS. They

If the majority of devices running Android are completely out of their control without a Google-branded experience Google makes a lot of cash off of iOS. They make a lot of cash off of Windows machines. Neither of which allow them to control the experience or dictate that they use Google services. Because it turns out that Google seems pretty confident about their services. That they want to compete on the merits of their services and features over locking you into specific features. They ship devices that allow me to flash a ROM that completely removes every hook to Google. They do this voluntarily. Adding armchair hypotheses about what Google needs to do, when it goes exactly contrary to everything they have done and continue to do seems rather remarkable.