Apple and Google’s combined control over smartphone software is being challenged in Mexico, which has recently made a significant move against Android’s supremacy. As reported by El Economista, Mexico’s National Antitrust Commission (CNA) mandated that Google eliminate restrictive clauses from its contracts with smartphone manufacturers, thereby enabling them to create and distribute hardware with operating systems other than Android without facing contractual repercussions.
This means that Samsung could potentially unveil a future Galaxy device operating on proprietary software rather than depending solely on Android. Although this does not imply that users will encounter a Motorola device running iOS, it does grant these manufacturers the autonomy to create their own software or develop their own variant based on the open-source Android initiative.
Previously, Google compelled manufacturers to enter into compatibility and exclusivity agreements that limited them from creating or marketing their own operating systems if they intended to maintain access to Google Mobile Services.
