I'm not so sure that cutting off access to play has as much to do with the popularity as much as vendors "abandoning" their devices. The only way I can run a "

I'm not so sure that cutting off access to play has as much to do with the popularity as much as vendors "abandoning" their devices. The only way I can run a "modern" version of Android on my Viewsonic Gtablet is by using CM, and I don't care that I don't have access to google play on it. The Amazon marketplace is free to download and install and the apps work great.