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>>transp+(OP)
I hope that this action, along with Google's refusal to correctly safeguard and segregate apps, costs Google all of Android in the long term. Neither deserves to exist.

Any thoughts on Linux phones?

>>OutOfH+km
Unchecked Apple without real competition would be worse than the status quo.

>>add-su+An
That is a misrepresentation because Samsung, Huawei, and various Linux vendors each will have their own answer, their own alterative. In no universe will Apple be without competition. Apple is not even a consideration since it doesn't allow unapproved app installation anyway.

>>OutOfH+ho
Android only ever had a chance because it is one ecosystem. Developers aren't going to develop for five slightly-different ecosystems in a trench coat.

>>odo124+Ep
This ship has sailed, in the past Amazon's store did not succeed a lot, but there are already a few important enough offsprings: * Huawei with separate store and no Gapps * Samsung with importantly different browser and ton of extra features, also another store * in China the app-in-wechat and similar are a major thing

If you develop for a diverse set of user you need a lot of effort.