[image] Nach EU-Rekordbußgeld: Google ändert Android-Lizenzmodell - SPIEGEL ONLINE -... Hersteller von Android-Geräten müssen nicht mehr alle wichtigen Google-Apps vorinstallieren, um Googles Betriebssystem verwenden zu dürfen. Mit dieser Maßnahme reagiert der Konzern auf Forderungen der E…

Here’s an English article straight from the source: [image] Complying with the EC’s Android decision Last week we filed our appeal of the European Commission’s competition decision against Android. We have now informed the Commission of the changes we will make while th… …

Neither Chrome nor Google Search are open source, afaik.

Firefox isn’t either, technically. But both Chrome and Firefox are based on open source. The model that there’s a FOSS and a proprietary version.

[image] JeroenH: So it is going to cost money to have Android installed in EEA. You omitted the last sentence from your quote: Android will remain free and open source. To me, this means that preinstalling Chrome and Google Search, possibly other apps, will cost money.

Yeah we agree. Sorry if my orig post wasn’t clear enough. Feel free to edit it.

If you like, you should be able to edit it yourself. However, I don’t see a need for editing the post. Through discussion we reached a common consensus. :slight_smile:

I believe the interesting news is, that from now on you are allowed to build a phone comprising of Android, Playstore, Google Maps, Firefox Clear and K-9. You can now leave out software you do not want, like GMail or Chrome. Also, now it is possible to have phones with Lineage AND with regular Andro…

Rumours about the cost are as much as 40 USD (35 EUR) per phone, depending on pixel density. Though if all GApps are bundled Google may (partly or completely) forfeit these extra costs. [image] Google app suite costs as much as $40 per phone under new EU Android deal Confidential document…

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