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> The platform is open source.

Android is Open Source, Google Play & Google Play Services are not. Developers are free to build Android apps that don't use anything related to Google Play.

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And, as far as I can tell, Google is the one making most features and patches to AOSP. Just because it's OSS doesn't mean it is operating independently, running only on donations.

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