> In reality almost everyone nicely complies with google's compatibility definition, constraining how far they can fork android, just in order to get access to

> In reality almost everyone nicely complies with google's compatibility definition, constraining how far they can fork android, just in order to get access to google's closed source apps: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Google%20Inc.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Google%20Inc.... The point of the CCD [1] is to ensure that new devices can run a test suite that ensures they work correctly with Android as it currently exists. CCD isn't just about Google Play and Google Play Services, its about the fundamental functioning of the OS. [1]: http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/source.android.com/en/us/compatibility/android-4.3-cdd.pdf http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrust...