[lifthrasiir]

Also, it should be noted that Google didn't just disallow shipping Google apps to forked Android. Google disallowed shipping Google apps to any devices from vendors that ship forked Android: if your smartwatch is using forked Android your ordinary smartphone also can't have Google apps even when it's using genuine Android. The KFTC made very clear that this is a nuclear all-or-nothing option to hardware vendors and thus constitutes an anti-trust action [1].

[1] https://ftc.go.kr/www/selectReportUserView.do?key=10&rpttype... (in Korean)

[fennecfoxy]

Idk I can somewhat see their reasons. Forked Android isn't necessarily secure: a customer who owns the phone might get hacked or suffer some problem and who will they blame? Not Samsung or Xiaomi etc. They'll blame Google.

If you're signed into Google etc on your phone and that is compromised, it appears to the average person that Google messed up.