Ignore that: Google had to rein shitty OEMs in because they were trashing the brand as bad as OEMs screwed Windows. Bad OOBE, inconsistent, buggy, etc. Using GA

Ignore that: Google had to rein shitty OEMs in because they were trashing the brand as bad as OEMs screwed Windows. Bad OOBE, inconsistent, buggy, etc. Using GApps as a carrot/stick is something they should have had from the beginning. There may be other reasons, but the QA aspect is enough that Google would have to hit the OEMs, even if Google wanted to promote open source.