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Re:What is going to happen in 2015 by unsigner on Thursday January 01, 2015 @04:39PM (#8824424)
They can't make Playstore-enabled versions; Google doesn't allow you to make both Google- and non-Google Android devices. It's either all Google or no Google.
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Re:What is going to happen in 2015 by arihant on Thursday January 01, 2015 @04:44PM (#8824449)
Their international versions outside China come with Play store. In fact, there is no way to get their own store outside China.
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Re:What is going to happen in 2015 by notatoad on Thursday January 01, 2015 @07:29PM (#8824941)
i don't think that's true. They don't allow you to make an incompatible fork and a compatible fork, but as long as your fork is capable of running Play Services, you can distribute a version without it.

You just get into trouble if you do like Amazon did and try to block the installation of Google Play Services.

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