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And once again, Apple gets a pass for doing the same thing, only worse.
In Apple products it's a feature tho. Like it's literally why people buy into it. Why would anyone fine them for that?
Apple don’t do anything remotely similar. Apple don’t let other manufacturers use iOS. What are you even talking about?
Right. Google gives away AOSP to any manufacturer. Apple doesn't let ANYONE else use their OS. Yet Google is the one who gets in trouble for being "restrictive".
I'm not upset that Google is getting called it for this, they are not innocent. I just want Apple to be held to the same standard.
Apple is not required to share their OS with anyone. Nor is Google.
The problem is: Google shared it voluntarily, because they knew a lot of people and companies would contribute to its development for free. It was a calculated business move that happened to create an open mobile OS.
Now that Android has been polished by the community and has a gigantic market share, Google is trying to use that to eliminate any competition, and to close the OS down. It's trying to rewrite the entire agreement, while keeping all of the benefits it received over the years, and giving nothing back. Essentially a bait and switch scheme.
If Android was never open to begin with - this wouldn't be an issue. But then Android would still be stuck in 2016, and nobody would be using it.
AOSP has become unusable over the years because Google bundles more and more core functions with its proprietary Google Play Services.
Source: I've been around long enough to remember independent devs making versions such as Gingerbread or Marshmallow usable.