I personally don’t think it’s correct that google are allowed to essentially give their OS away for free
I disagree. Anyone can fork android and make there own android competitor without using any Google services. It greatly reduces the barrier to entry for the market.
Again, you're confusing Google Play Services with android. I can make an android-based OS and sell it without Google Search or and other Google service.
The fix is:
Again, "let's punish Google by making Apple do exactly what Google already allows for those customers who want those features, taking away the option of a closed ecosystem for the millions of customers who want one." is not a rational response to Google's monopoly.
I’m not moving goalposts at all.
…in the following post, which mentions “app ecosystems”.
…and Play Services are part of the Android app ecosystems.
…and such devices, Android variants without Play Services do not play any commercially relevant role in the U.S. or Europe (not on smartphones anyway).
Technically, yes. In practice, this will be a niche endeavour - due to lack of third-party applications.
Do Amazon not do that with kindle tablets and nobody really buys them because you can’t actually get anything for them.
I quoted you directly. You weren't talking about developers. If you won't stand by what you said, there is no point in continuing. Thanks for your time.
Nothing is done like Google a. Googles monopoly is completely irrelevant to what’s happening to Apple.
How? Where from?
Developers are the ones that “make” apps - and sell/monetise them. When I’m talking about lack of ecosystem choice, that of course also applies to developers. I was merely illustrating it from a “consumer” perspective. Not claiming to name exhaustive lists of stakeholders or something.
Google was prevented from licensing Google Play Services to Huawei, not android which is open source and available to anyone.
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China has given regulators a pretty good playbook should they want to support a third platform that would meaningfully improve competition in the mobile market. And that would actually solve the problem they purport to want to fix, rather than declaring that problem unfixable and instead throwing a bunch of onerous regulations that actually reduces competition and results in worse user experiences for their constituents, fewer features for their constituents, more malware and scams for their constituents, and treating others' intellectual property like it belongs to everyone.
None of that is true. For example, in the Epic case here in the US, the court declined to limit the market to iOS.
Because it did not result in any significant competition despite being available for a decade.
This is such a key point people miss. Making billions of people's experience worse, less secure, and more dangerous for something that I'd be shocked if even 5% of users are asking for.
But they were also not allowed to update the version of android it was onGoogle was prevented from licensing Google Play Services to Huawei, not android which is open source and available to anyone.
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Huawei, the telecom giant from China, has established itself as a leader in the smartphone market, renowned for its innovative technology and high-quality
Not sure how they'd do that since it's open source. Reuters reported the ban did not prevent Huawei from accessing the open source project.
You’re likely mistaking me with someone else. I have always maintained that a monopoly isn’t a bad thing. Nor have I cared for a duopoly. I only cared for abuse of the entrenched position.
So the playstore just dominates because it’s the superior platform, wile other alternatives still exist such as the galaxy store or epic store🤔. Seems completely within reason.
People don’t miss it. They dismiss it as irrelevant. Nobodies experience is made worse or less secure and dangerous.
Being able to manage their subscriptions through the Spotify or Netflix app alone and buying eBooks through Kindle will improve the experiences for many millions of iOS users.
Any device that was releasNot sure how they'd do that since it's open source. Reuters reported the ban did not prevent Huawei from accessing the open source project.
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Feel free to provide a link if you find something different.
because essentially that is what they did because every device after may 2019Not sure how they'd do that since it's open source. Reuters reported the ban did not prevent Huawei from accessing the open source project.
Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist - source
Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that...
Feel free to provide a link if you find something different.
That’s what I said. They were banned from licensing Google Play Services which includes Google’s update service and the Play Store.
actually it's how you get phished or data harvested but not a virus or malware.
and that slab of glass in your pocket contains a browser so you can sign in and do whatever you need just like a computer does...
QR code is just an easy shortcut to saving you searching and typing.