When the US have a problem with
5G why does Google stop letting certain android phones use their
app store system by a national governmental decision. Something does not match here.
And people will think twice now before buying anything based on Google, that can be rendered inoperable or be stolen from you anytime.
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
Google taking the side that suits it most.
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All said.
Regarding Google onrunning on hardware:
"Companies have essentially been forced into this deal. The vast majority of Android apps are distributed through the Google Play Store — and many of those apps rely on Google Play services to function.
Abandoning Google would mean abandoning the Play Store, which can mean shipping a device without Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and so on. Device makers would have to rely on an alternative app store and convince developers to distribute their apps on it, and in many cases rework those apps to function without Google services, too.
This was something the European Commission saw as a big problem. And as part of its $5 billion ruling fining Google for “illegal practices” with Android, it required that Google stop placing this exclusivity arrangement on its partners. Google, the commission wrote, denied users “access to further innovation and smart mobile devices based on alternative versions of the Android operating system” and “closed off an important channel for competitors to introduce apps and services” in the process."
We’ve never seen what Samsung, Motorola, Sony, HTC, LG, Huawei and so on would do on an Android phone limited by Google services. Now, we might.