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Android sales are strong in China but that might change as despite Android being open-source, over-the-air updates are a potential risk. Thus it's quite likely
by bitcartel 14y ago
Android sales are strong in China but that might change as despite Android being open-source, over-the-air updates are a potential risk.
Thus it's quite likely that home-grown solutions will be encouraged to grow market share, at the expense of Google. Just recently, Acer started selling a phone based on Aliyun, a fork of Android backed by Alibaba.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyun_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyun_OS
- w1ntermute 14y ago> Despite Android being open-source, over-the-air updates are a potential risk. If Verizon can control OTA updates, then no doubt the Chinese government can. From the Chinese govt's POV, Android is preferable to iOS, where they have no control.
- revelation 14y agoThey deny its a fork, but since its clearly based on Android both in software and functionality, you could say its a "ripoff".