How does an Android phone work without Google apps? Look at China

Debate over Google’s dominance revives after EU ruling

In most of the world, Google’s apps have become so ubiquitous it’s hard to find an Android device without some pre-installed.

But an EU antitrust ruling this week raised that prospect, after it fined Google for forcibly bundling services like Search, Chrome and Maps on devices.
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