[pstric]

> Android doesn't have a monopoly. Apple does fine in Europe and their devices can be bought everywhere.

As an independen device maker, you wouldn't be able to put iOS on your devices. Android has a huge margin over other viable alternatives.

[dlp211]

As an independent phone maker, if this was their concern, they should have backed one of the other dozen or so attempts at a phone OS. No one forced them to choose Android.

They also have the option to write their own OS anytime they want.