Microsoft didn’t sell PCs in the 90s either.
People want Android with Google Play store. Google won’t let you do that without restrictions the EU says are anticompetitive.
People want Android with Google Play store. Google won’t let you do that without restrictions the EU says are anticompetitive.
That isn't that far away from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp. over Intel's exclusivity contracts.
MS had effectively the same rule too, didn’t they? Wasn’t that (one of) the reasons we didn’t see Linux as even a BTO option for the longest time?
Until 1994: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsofts-1994-consent...
Note that the MS one was different: OEMs paid license costs based on computers shipped (with/without Windows), whereas Google requires complete exclusivity if you ship one device with Google Play Store.
Thanks.
They’ve been pretty successful in the tablet market.
But go into anywhere that sells phones. Carrier store, Best Buy, Walmart, whatever. Find a single Android phone that DOESN’T have google services on it. I’d be surprised if you can.
People want Android. And by Android they largely mean the Google Play Store and related services.
“It’s an Android phone, but none of the apps you see advertised are available for it!” No normal user is going to be happy with AOSP.