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Google Tightens Its Grip On Android, Infuriating Partners

Google, which for years has touted its Android software as “open,” has recently taken a much tighter grip over the software, proving once again that “open” is a crock. And people — including Google’s partners — are starting to get pissed. Some have already taken it to the Feds. Google’s agreements with Android partners are more “onerous” now than in the past, we recently heard from a Silicon Valley bigwig. Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance and Peter Burrows just published a good overview of the situation. Read more at www.businessinsider.com