Re:Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
by rodh257 on Monday June 28, 2010 @03:10AM
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Given the openness of android, can we make our own 'better android market' application + website? May not be worth the time investment given most people would use the market anyway, but might make Google wake up...
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Re:Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
by zsouthboy on Monday June 28, 2010 @01:43PM
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Another point is that the Market application is Google proprietary - when you grab the AOSP source, you don't get the Google apps (Maps, Market, etc.)
Android is open source and manufacturers can use it without the consent of Google, but to include the goodies above they have to go through a vetting process (not saying that's a bad thing).
A completely open source implementation / replacement of the Google apps would be very useful.