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Originally Posted by Red
Alright, the OS is, but the core apps and their development is not. Google controls it all.
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um, so? every app that Google makes has alternatives available on the market, they don't force you to use them. it's up to the manufacturers and carriers to decide what apps get included on their phones (some have even swapped out Google search for Bing instead)
the OS itself is completely open with anyone able to download the source code for free. that's why you have so many custom built ROMs like Cyanogen, they build directly from the stock code that gets released on the Nexus phones (other manufacturers make their own tweaks. HTC has Sense, Motorola has Blur, and Samsung has TouchWiz, which are NOT open source). that's why no one will be jumping ship to support a dead on arrival OS like Windows Phone 7, they already have a large userbase already in place and switching would just cost them more money and lost customers