"Speculation suggests the company is moving away from Google as a result of Google’s acquisition of Motorola in 2011"
This "speculation" is what the whole article is based on. Where does it come from?
I think it makes sense that Samsung would like to expand their influence on the market by leading customers into their own ecosystem. But Android is not stopping Samsung from doing this: In fact, Samsungs Touchwiz OS already comes with plenty of Samsung Services installed: You log into a Samsung account, you get a Samsung app store in addition to the Google store, a music store etc.
What gives Google power in the Android ecosystem are its "Google apps for Android" services. Most people expect these to be part of every Android based operating system.
If Samsung thinks it can do without these services in the future, it will try. That its operating system is currently based on Android does not grant Google much influence over Samsung IMHO.
And that Samsung is also supporting other operating systems is no change from the current or past state. Was there ever a time when Samsung did only support a single software stack? I don't think so.
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"Speculation suggests the company is moving away from Google as a result of Google’s acquisition of Motorola in 2011"
This "speculation" is what the whole article is based on. Where does it come from?
I think it makes sense that Samsung would like to expand their influence on the market by leading customers into their own ecosystem. But Android is not stopping Samsung from doing this: In fact, Samsungs Touchwiz OS already comes with plenty of Samsung Services installed: You log into a Samsung account, you get a Samsung app store in addition to the Google store, a music store etc.
What gives Google power in the Android ecosystem are its "Google apps for Android" services. Most people expect these to be part of every Android based operating system.
If Samsung thinks it can do without these services in the future, it will try. That its operating system is currently based on Android does not grant Google much influence over Samsung IMHO.
And that Samsung is also supporting other operating systems is no change from the current or past state. Was there ever a time when Samsung did only support a single software stack? I don't think so.