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> Amazon (for example) absolutely did not have this advantage Google incentivized the OEMs to do that. Amazon could have incentivized OEMs to do that also, but
by lern_too_spel 2y ago
> Amazon (for example) absolutely did not have this advantage
Google incentivized the OEMs to do that. Amazon could have incentivized OEMs to do that also, but the business plan that Amazon pursued did not involve third parties building their own Kindle devices.
> Or we can look at why Google's Play Store is allowed to auto-update apps without user interaction, and... that's it.
This has never been true for Android in general. This hasn't been true for phones that only ship with the Play Store since Android 12, which I credit Epic for.
- sbuk 2y agoMicrosoft also “incentivized” OEMs to not install competing browsers by threatening to remove their OEM licensing. Didn’t Google do something similar?
- lern_too_spel 2y agoNo. They just threatened to remove access to the Play Store.
- sbuk 2y agoSo, something similar then. OK, not as onerous as removing the whole OS, which they can’t do because Android uses an open license, but the next big thing. No play store, no Google services. May as well remove the OS.
- klez 2y ago> This has never been true for Android in general. This hasn't been true for phones that only ship with the Play Store since Android 12 I'm on Android 14 here, shipped with Play Store by default. It still auto-updates apps.
- Phrodo_00 2y agoExclusivity hasn't been true. eg F-droid can auto update apps.