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As you note, inside China is an important special case, but outside China, Xiaomi includes Google apps. For that matter, even plenty of people in China want Goo
by fpgeek 12y ago
As you note, inside China is an important special case, but outside China, Xiaomi includes Google apps. For that matter, even plenty of people in China want Google. There's a practically a cottage industry of hacks to get the Play Store on Chinese devices (including a shady app in the Mi Market, I believe).
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoThe situation is totally artificial: most Chinese would love to have Google on their phone if the gov would allow it. But given the situation, it should be no surprise that some of the biggest consumers of Cyanogen are OEMs making phones for use in the PRC market.
- fpgeek 12y agoExactly. That demonstrates the fundamentally unstable foundation of Chinese non-Google Android. China might decide to interfere with the non-Google services being used (I suspect that's more if they come from a foreign company like Microsoft), Google might negotiate a new agreement or something else might scramble the playing field (China taking a hard line on device encryption?).