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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by ketzu on Monday January 13, 2020 @02:43PM (#22037835)
Isn't it even the case that google forces other OEMs to bundle all their apps if they want to include the play store?
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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by ehsankia on Monday January 13, 2020 @03:55PM (#22038468)
That's how they fund Android development. The other alternative is having OEMs pay a small fee per device, which is what they ended up doing in Europe.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/16/17984074/google-eu-andro...

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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by hadrien01 on Monday January 13, 2020 @03:17PM (#22038158)
Yup, it's an all-or-nothing package. The device maker wants Google Play (only way to sell devices)? They need to include Google Keep and Google Sheets. As far as I know, the only exceptions are Google Chrome and Google Search, both of which you can unbundle in the EU and Russia.
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