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Conversely, many proprietary business models are carefully hidden from view to prevent people from understanding the extent of the harms. When a software product is made Open Source it fundamentally proves that there is nothing to hide. We can both agree that Google's business model is acerbic, but they aren't putting themselves between the user and the OS like Apple does.

Even if you're the most anti-Google person in the world, you have to admit it's a bit ironic that Android can be built with all Google services disabled whereas iOS, due to it's wonderfully-designed Google Search integration, cannot.



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