Comment by trinix912
8 hours ago
I'm talking about the Google services which is where Google profits. Chinese phones ship without them. When I said "Google's Android", I meant Android+Google Services. The people buying cheap Android phones are most likely not buying Pixels. Even Samsungs aren't exactly cheap anymore. I'm not talking about Android forks. I'm talking about customized Android without Google services.
The biggest Android market (internationally) are Chinese phones. If Google suddenly decided Play Store should be the only way to install apps, that doesn't affect Huawei and Xiaomi phones at all, they don't ship with Play Store and Play Services in the first place.
Chinese phones sold in China ship without Google services. Chinese phones sold outside of China include them.
That's false. The ones you can get here in Slovenia don't have them. I've personally helped quite a few friends sideload them. I also remember how shocked people were to find out there's no YouTube or Play Store after buying a Huawei or Xiaomi phone when that first came into effect.
Correct, same in Germany. Here is a photo I shot last December in an electronics store. Aurora Store is now official, I guess.
https://imgur.com/a/v6zaRYo
Probably because they are bootleg imports in a very small country.
Chinese telephones legally imported usually have them in most relevant big markets like Indonesia, India, Brazil, etc.
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