[guard-of-terra]

Google makes it impossible for a single manufacturer to ship both google services android and yandex flavor adroid.

Or any other custom android; just ask Samsung, Google pressurized them to drop their own ecosystem.

This is anticompetitive if you ask me.

[bitmapbrother]

Really? Last time I checked my Samsung tablet I could still go to the Samsung app store to install apps. Where is this pressure you speak of that made the Samsung store app go away?

[guard-of-terra]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9068334

"It's not just pressure. They outright cut you off. You cannot ship Google Androids and non-Google Androids. It's part of the MARA."

I think just having your own store is okay as long as you don't bundle their competitors and don't exclude google play and you are big enough to put some weight.