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They weren't forcing anyone to sign the contracts, see Fire devices and the Chinese mobile market for google free Android examples. Also you're making sound like they were "bundling" trash, the apps are useful and of higher quality than most apps on the platform, not mention that they make Android phones comparable to iPhones.

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"They weren't forcing anyone to sign the contracts"

This is very, very disingenuous. If the only way to have a successful product in the American and European markets is to have the Play Store, then yes, there is some level of force there.

"see Fire devices and the Chinese mobile market for google free Android examples."

Google wasn't allowed in China to begin with, so that's a very poor comparison. And the Fire Android devices flopped pretty badly.

"Also you're making sound like they were "bundling" trash, the apps are useful and of higher quality than most apps on the platform"

Completely irrelevant; they're still forcing the bundling.

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