Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary | Ars Technica
Link: Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary | Ars Technica
Google has always given itself some protection against alternative versions of Android. What many people think of as “Android” actually falls into two categories: the open parts from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which are the foundation of Android, and the closed source parts, which are all the Google-branded apps.Interesting read on how Google has moved most of its services into “Google Play Services” app and other proprietary, closed source apps from AOSP.