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The 240000+ applications in the Amazon App Store that work without Play Services show that this is not a problem. Both Microsoft's Nokia X line and Amazon's Fir
by DCKing 12y ago
The 240000+ applications in the Amazon App Store that work without Play Services show that this is not a problem. Both Microsoft's Nokia X line and Amazon's Fire Phone are useful phones running Android without Play Services. Those are just examples in the west - many devices sold in China run Android without any Google stuff on them.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoRight, but is Bing really better than google? And I really wish windows phone had a better google maps client. Services matter more than apps, especially of their aren't any good app replacements.
- dublinben 12y agoAmazon, Nokia, and the rest have largely had to build replacements for Google's services in order for their devices to work. As much as we might wish it weren't the case, pure AOSP without someone's proprietary baggage just doesn't work.
- DCKing 12y agoPure AOSP doesn't provide cloud services. That's right. Developers need to think of the libraries they're using, whether they are Google's, Amazon's or Microsoft's. In the end, I think it's a good thing that AOSP doesn't have a dependency on some cloud service, be it Google's or someone else's. The unfortunate downside is that developers might forget that the cloud service they want is not available.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoI would say that the kernel/UI you are running on your phone aren't as interesting as or provide significant value compared to the services used on the phone. If the OSS crowd wants to make a play for open phones, they have to address the service problem or they are just doing free work to support Google/Microsoft/Amazon, etc...