> And you aren't cringing at Google Now/Google Drive/Chrome? Why?
Because there is a difference between "can voluntarily use" and "is rammed down your throat".
Because there is a difference between "can voluntarily use" and "is rammed down your throat".
> Devices may only be distributed if all Google Applications [listed elsewhere in the agreement] ... are pre-installed on the Device."
>The phone manufacturer must "preload all Google Applications approved in the applicable Territory ... on each device."
>The phone manufacturer must place "Google's Search and the Android Market Client icon [Google Play] ... at least on the panel immediately adjacent to the Default Home Screen," with "all other Google Applications ... no more than one level below the Phone Top."
>The phone manufacturer must set "Google Search ... as the default search provider for all Web search access points."
>If device owners hold down the physical “Home” button or “swipe up” from a digital home button or navigation bar, such actions should trigger Google Search.
>must provide access to a “collection” of 13 Google apps (Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Drive, YouTube, Gmail, Google+, Google Play Music, Google Play Movies, Google Play Books, Google Play Newsstand, Google Play Games, Google+ Photos and Google+ Hangouts).
How is that not "rammed down your throat" ?
Or do you really think Android users are "voluntarily installing" Google Play Newsstand?
The real issue is popular apps like Snapchat and Maps that require Play Services. So manufacturers are never going to abandon the Goog for fear of their customers not being able to run the latest fad.
Apart from apps that need the Play Services, lack of the Play Store is the biggest issue with shipping AOSP. That's why they forcibly bundle it with all other Google apps and default as Google search.
Amazon, clearly, doesn't exist.
You do not have such choice with Windows 10 - it will send out your data without regards to you opting out.
I got gmail rammed down my throat pretty hard when I needed to install an app from the play store on my Android phone... Google search was also front and center on the home screen.
Which is fine. Except that I do not want apps from Windows Marketplace, so I don't need account. I don't want websearch from start menu, I don't want Cortana. So why does it still sends the data out, when I disabled everything that was disableable?
It's like forcing you into Gmail account, even if you didn't want to install anything from the Play Store.
See the difference?