And Google, too. Try using an popular Android application without being forced to install Google Play Services. You can't do banking, can't get notifications,

And Google, too. Try using an popular Android application without being forced to install Google Play Services. You can't do banking, can't get notifications, etc. Many of the most critical apps will simply refuse to launch. Google slowly turned Android into a Google service thanks to developers having to rely on Google's proprietary APIs. I work at a small independent app studio, and we just decided to required the Google Play Services in our Android apps because too few people don't have it (why try and do without then). It's like all websites only supporting Chrome and nobody complaining (except a few nerds using custom ROMs). What a shame.