> They would promptly fork off the last open source Android and rarely take Google's subsequent updates.
And thereby lose access to the Play Store?
And thereby lose access to the Play Store?
Amazon would probably let them use their store though...
Samsung alone has more market share (by device) than Apple.[1] Samsung could probably do it, but it would be bumpy.
> Amazon would probably let them use their store though...
Maybe not without major concessions. Amazon subsidizes a lot of apps in their store because of their add serving architecture.
It might come though http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/02/06/no-really-this-time-...