What do you consider Android to be, if not a competitor of iOS?

Most Android devices aren't even Google products, and for much of Android's existence, none of them were. Android is a way to get ads in front of people... as is their partnerships with Apple.

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wahnfrieden an hour ago | parent [-]

That describes Google's business. For Apple, Google is a competitor. An Android user is one less iOS user.

	▲	kube-system 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Then it's in their best interest to enable many Google products in iOS to give people less of a reason to buy an Android phone.