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It's an opinion, of course, but I disagree. I think Android would have done just fine without google apps. Indeed plenty of android phones are sold without them
by eli 12y ago
It's an opinion, of course, but I disagree. I think Android would have done just fine without google apps. Indeed plenty of android phones are sold without them. If the Amazon Fire fails, it will be because there are already cheaper phones with bigger app stores, not because it doesn't have gmail.
- x0x0 12y agoWhere are there any android phones sold w/o google apps besides an estimate of 35K Amazon Fire phones, and china?
- khc 12y ago"and china" why are you excluding China? A few hundred million of Android phones without Google services isn't enough of a proof that Android is a great product even without Google services? edit: add source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/13/china-now-has-700m-active-smartphone-users-says-umeng/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/13/china-now-has-700m-active-s...
- x0x0 12y agoIt's a weird market for political reasons, including the chinese government's attempt to grow domestic software and industries. Partly due to this, they're not really part of the same internet market as anyone else -- notice how all of china's big internet companies are home grown. So I don't think it's really proof of much. Is this not the case?
- eli 12y agoWell, now that's an entirely different question. "Would Android have worked without google apps?" versus "Can a stripped version of Android compete with an entrenched Google Apps version of Android." Big difference. Either way, the lack of access to Google Play apps hurts Amazon Fire a lot more than lack of bundling with any previous Google services.