Google can only do that if they can maintain grip on the market. This requires the likes of Samsung, who also contribyte to android, to move with them to their then propiatary solution.
Google is not going to win this just with their Pixels.
Google closing android would ruffle a lot of feathers so it definitely wouldn’t be a given they would come out of that on top.
Apple has no problem existing outside of Google’s sphere of influence.
And honestly if the android market would split and you’d get legitimately google-less phones with large app stores that google doesn’t control that would be fairly beneficial if you ask me.
This requires the likes of Samsung to move with them to their then propiatary solution. Google is not going to win this just with their Pixels.
I don’t see why samsung wouldn’t accept this change. do they make use of the AOSP project? if they do, wouldn’t they be able to make a deal with Google to have access to the code?
I mean.
They could go with google and most ideally change nothing, or stay with the open source project and try to cut out a slice of the appstore pie for themselves.
Google can only do that if they can maintain grip on the market. This requires the likes of Samsung, who also contribyte to android, to move with them to their then propiatary solution. Google is not going to win this just with their Pixels.
Google closing android would ruffle a lot of feathers so it definitely wouldn’t be a given they would come out of that on top.
Apple has no problem existing outside of Google’s sphere of influence. And honestly if the android market would split and you’d get legitimately google-less phones with large app stores that google doesn’t control that would be fairly beneficial if you ask me.
I don’t see why samsung wouldn’t accept this change. do they make use of the AOSP project? if they do, wouldn’t they be able to make a deal with Google to have access to the code?
I mean. They could go with google and most ideally change nothing, or stay with the open source project and try to cut out a slice of the appstore pie for themselves.