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Any company can use AOSP in their devices and laod them with anything they like, see the Chinese market, see Amazon Fire tablets.
by dontnotice 8y ago
Any company can use AOSP in their devices and laod them with anything they like, see the Chinese market, see Amazon Fire tablets.
- klez 8y agoWhat they like, minus Google apps. And if they want even one device with Google apps, they can't make other devices without them and Search an Chrome
- detaro 8y agoYes, and if they sell AOSP-based devices they then can not sell any other device with the Google components. Or sell a device using only some of the things Google wants to make mandatory, but replacing others with their own. That way they keep AOSP-based products on the fringe, since only niche manufacturers can afford to make them, and stop manufacturers trying to make/integrate better replacements for Google services. That's anti-competitive, that's the problem.