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At this point, an Android phone without Google Play Services is mostly useless. You can't use maps, you can't even use notifications!
by cyberax 2y ago
At this point, an Android phone without Google Play Services is mostly useless. You can't use maps, you can't even use notifications!
- xnx 2y agoNo one is forcing these other companies to make and sell phones. They don't even have the choice with iOS. I'm really struggling to see where the consumer harm is.
- cyberax 2y agoSo companies should just bow down to Google to produce phones? That's the definition of monopoly.
- osti 2y agoAs opposed to bow down to Apple and oh, still can't make an iOS phone?
- cyberax 2y agoApple also is a monopolist.
- scarface_74 2y agoSo two companies in the same market are monopolists?
- guappa 2y agoYou've never heard of "a cartel"?
- scarface_74 2y agoAnd thst is a different word and no evidence has been published to such a point.
- gsck 2y agoYes. Thats called a duopoly.
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- inetknght 2y ago> No one is forcing these other companies to make and sell... > I'm really struggling to see where the consumer harm is. Imagine a world where it's illegal to grow crops unless you use a particular brand of seeds. Nobody is forcing you to make cereal, but you're going to have a bad time if you can't get the needed components for it. It's not that far off base, either. Heard of Monsanto? Google is basically going down the same path.
- mvdtnz 2y agoGoogle Maps must be the biggest value-add Google has built for their phone ecosystem, full stop. I see no reason they should give that away no strings attached. I am no Google fan but it's one of the few things they have done which positively impacts me almost daily.
- cyberax 2y agoOther rather crucial functionality also depends on GPS. E.g. background tasks, notifications, etc.