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Re:Google to stop giving Android license for upcoming phones... by josefx on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:12AM (#21801518)
When Google was hit with a fine in the EU for the same reason they just added a new licensing region with alternative licensing terms. It is interesting to see how Google behaves when it thinks the power balance is reversed.
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Re:Google to stop giving Android license for upcoming phones... by mcv on Monday December 16, 2019 @07:57AM (#21802672)
In other words: Google is aware it can't take on the EU, but thinks it's strong enough take on Turkey.

It'll be interesting to see how this works out. I have no love for the current regime in Turkey, but I wouldn't mind seeing this blow up in Google's face. We need a more open Android.

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Re:Google to stop giving Android license for upcoming phones... by cjhopman on Monday December 16, 2019 @05:48PM (#21808328)
In both cases Google chose to follow the law of the region.

In one of those cases, it was most profitable to continue selling under the constraints imposed by the law and in the other case it wasn't profitable to do so.

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Re:Google to stop giving Android license for upcoming phones... by mcv on Monday December 16, 2019 @06:21PM (#21808654)
It's creating a large market for Google alternatives on Android. Those alternatives are currently tiny, but might get big in Turkey, and then expand outside Turkey.
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Re:Google to stop giving Android license for upcoming phones... by zmc on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:42PM (#21828516)
There is already a big market called China that entirely use alternative solution. I guess those company in China will be more than happy to take over once Google leave.
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