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US watchdog POKES STICK at Google's Android over rival-blocking allegations

Tomato42

Sorry, but Google is very much in the same position as Microsoft is.

They basically don't make hardware, they just make software, and the software is tightly tied to their platforms. And yes, you can have AOSP, but if you go the other way you _can't_ ship google app store on _any_ of your devices, it's against the OEM agreement. It's all or nothing, both for the OEM and for the customer.

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