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Re:Google to Charge Phone Makers for Android Apps in Europe by alienreborn on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @06:48PM (#18233961)
3 Choices for OEMS:

- ASOP Vanilla or their forked version [Free]

- Include Play Store and Google Services [Pay up]

- Add-on Chrome with Google Search on top of Play Store [Free]

Prices of flagship phones are already higher than they are in US, now they will be increased again.

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Re:Google to Charge Phone Makers for Android Apps in Europe by anowlcalledjosh on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @06:56PM (#18234000)
Is this speculation, or sourced? The article seems to contradict you:

> Google said it would sell a license for a package including its Google Play app store, Gmail, YouTube and Maps. Another license will be available for companies that want to pre-install Google Search and the Chrome browser, allowing handset makers to team up with rival services. The company did not say how much it would charge for the licenses.

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Re:Google to Charge Phone Makers for Android Apps in Europe by alienreborn on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:12PM (#18234087)
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/16/17984074/google-eu-andro...
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