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While Android is technically open (AOSP), phones don't run just AOSP. Not even the Nexus ones. Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't suppor

While Android is technically open (AOSP), phones don't run just AOSP. Not even the Nexus ones. Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't support the Google Play Store and their other proprietary apps. "Runs on Android" in an advert does not mean "Runs on AOSP". More open than iOS? Sure. As open as Linux? HTTP? Don't make me laugh.

dublinben 12y ago
This is a perfectly valid point. Not even a single Nexus device[0] can run pure AOSP without relying on proprietary firmware for graphics and networking. [0]http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Replican...
nileshtrivedi 12y ago
> Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't support the Google Play Store and their other proprietary apps. This is exactly what Amazon does though.
- happycube 12y ago
  ... more like "offering" than "selling", given the massive writedown on Fire Phones.
Oletros 12y ago
> Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't support the Google Play Store and their other proprietary apps. Like the millions sold on China, India and the rest of Asia?
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  Google Play isn't available in China.
  - Oletros 12y ago
    Available or not, the OP stated that it is very difficult to sold Android devices without Google services