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snozolli 6 days ago

Split off Android to swim on its own and we get an iPhone monopoly.

Why? Android appears to be profitable.

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ajross 6 days ago | parent [-]

Only Google-integrated Android devices are profitable. You really think Graphene/Lineage/etc... devices have a chance in the market vs. Apple Computer? Splitting off the integration means those devices have to pay for it or go without. Even Amazon failed in this space.

Which is to say, the parts of Android that are "profitable" are the parts tied to the broader corporate product suite.

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snozolli 6 days ago | parent [-]

Only Google-integrated Android devices are profitable.

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Pixel devices? Android devices being paid by Google to use Google's app store, browser, and default search engine? What does any of that have to do with whether or not Android is separated?

You really think Graphene/Lineage/etc... devices have a chance in the market vs. Apple Computer?

What does that have to do with whether or not the Android 'division' of Google would survive being spun off?

	▲	ajross 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		If the only way to sell a profitable product is to buy its core value-add (Google integration) from someone else, then your product isn't profitable by definition. Split off Android and Pixels become just another Fire Phone, and will compete just about as well (or worse, since the spun-off Android division wouldn't even have free Amazon integration). Again, there are Google-free Android phones in the market today. They do very poorly.