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0 pointsatomi7y ago0 comments

Google will start charging phone manufacturers to use Android on their devices. And they'll pass that on to consumers. The EU will get their check.

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gowld7y ago

Then maybe consumers will start buying lower priced phones with a different OS.

DeathArrow7y ago

The only other OS is iOS.

codedokode7y ago

Android is free; Google Play Services and Google Play are proprietary Google software and they can be replaced, for example, with F-Droid store or Yandex store.

genericid7y ago

Windows is free, ntoskrnl.exe and Win32 are properietary Microsoft software and they can be replaced, for example, with Linux and Wine.

omnimus7y ago

People use windows for the GUI/experience. If manufacturers started to use nongoogle version of android the GUI/experience would not change much. Also many people buy windows license separate from their device. Google surely does not want situation where people buy google services license... they want mass adoption for data collection.

If google starts to charge for android then i am sure there will be manufactures selling phone without OS. I would be 100% up for it.

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