Google cuts ties with Huawei. That may be a ‘kill switch’ for the Chinese firm’s

CNBC ^ | 20-05-19 | Arjun Kharpal

[Steve1999]

Google’s move to stop licensing its Android mobile operating system to Huawei could deal a huge blow to the Chinese tech giant’s ambitions to become the top player in smartphones globally. The U.S. tech conglomerate has suspended business activity with Huawei that involves the transfer of hardware, software and key technical services. Google made the move in order to comply with Washington’s decision to put Huawei on the so-called “Entity List,” meaning American firms need to get a license to sell products to the Chinese firm.

[Paal Gulli]

This could bite G**gle in the arse because Android is open-source and there are a number of non-G**gle sources for the OS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_custom_Android_distributions

I’m sure many of them would jump at the opportunity to be the Android-provider to Huawei, with the potential side-effect of removing those devices from the G**gle ecosystem.

I have multiple smart devices running the LineageOS Android and I don’t miss G**gle in the least, and I celebrate the fact that they collect zero data from my phones.