Well, now that's an entirely different question. "Would Android have worked without google apps?" versus "Can a stripped version of Android compete with an entr

Well, 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.