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continue to use the previous all or nothing approach permissions can still be revoked for those apps though this might prevent them from working properly and a warning is displayed to that effect 284 285 in september 2014 jason nova of android authority reported on a study by the german security company fraunhofer aisec in antivirus software and malware threats on android nova wrote that the android operating system deals with software packages by sandboxing them this does not allow applications to list the directory contents of other apps to keep the system safe by not allowing the antivirus to list the directories of other apps after installation applications that show no inherent suspicious behavior when downloaded are cleared as safe if then later on parts of the app are activated that turn out to be malicious the antivirus will have no way to know since it is inside the app and out of the antivirus jurisdiction the study by fraunhofer aisec examining antivirus software from avast avg bitdefender eset f secure kaspersky lookout mcafee formerly intel security norton sophos and trend micro revealed that the tested antivirus apps do not provide protection against customized malware or targeted attacks and that the tested antivirus apps were also not able to detect malware which is completely unknown to date but does not make any efforts to hide its malignity 286 in august 2013 google announced android device manager renamed find my device in may 2017 287 288 a service that allows users to remotely track locate and wipe their android device 289 290 with an android app for the service released in december 291 292 in december 2016 google introduced a trusted contacts app letting users request location tracking of loved ones during emergencies 293 294 in 2020 trusted contacts was shut down and the location sharing feature rolled into google maps 295 on october 8 2018 google announced new google play store requirements to combat over sharing of potentially sensitive information including call and text logs the issue stems from the fact that many apps request permissions to access users personal information even if this information is not needed for the app to function and some users unquestionably grant these permissions alternatively a permission might be listed in the app manifest as required as opposed to optional and the app would not install unless user grants the permission users can withdraw any even required permissions from any app in the device settings after app installation but few users do this google promised to work with developers and create exceptions if their apps require phone or sms permissions for core app functionality the new policies enforcement started on january 6 2019 90 days after policy announcement on october 8 2018 furthermore google announced a new target api level requirement targetsdkversion in manifest at least android 8 0 api level 26 for all new apps and app updates the api level requirement might combat the practice of app developers bypassing some permission screens by specifying early android versions that had a coarser permission model 296 297 google play services and vendor changes see also behavioral targeting and degoogle dependence on proprietary google play services and customizations added on top of the operating system by vendors who license android from google is causing privacy concerns 298 299 300 licensing the source code for android is open source it is developed in private by google with the source code released publicly when a new version of android is released google publishes most of the code including network and telephony stacks under the non copyleft apache license version 2 0 which allows modification and redistribution 301 302 the license does not grant rights to the android trademark so device manufacturers and wireless carriers have to license it from google under individual contracts associated linux kernel changes are released under the copyleft gnu general public license version 2 developed by the open handset alliance with the source code publicly available at all times 303 the only android release which was not immediately made available as source code was the tablet only 3 0 honeycomb release the reason according to andy rubin in an official android blog post was because honeycomb was rushed for production of the motorola xoom 304 and they did not want third parties creating a really bad user experience by attempting to put onto smartphones a version of android intended for tablets 305 only the base android operating system including some applications is open source software whereas most android devices ship with a substantial amount of proprietary software such as google mobile services which includes applications such as google play store google search and google play services a software layer that provides apis for the integration with google provided services among others these applications must be licensed from google by device makers and can only be shipped on devices which meet its compatibility guidelines and other requirements 113 custom certified distributions of android produced by manufacturers such as samsung experience may also replace certain stock android apps with their own proprietary variants and add additional software not included in the stock android operating system 112 with the advent of the google pixel line of devices google itself has also made specific android features timed or permanent exclusives to the pixel series 306 307 there may also be binary blob drivers required for certain hardware components in the device 112 163 the best known fully open source android services are the lineageos distribution and microg which acts as an open source replacement of google play services richard stallman and the free software foundation have been critical of android and have recommended the usage of alternatives such as replicant because drivers and firmware vital for the proper functioning of android devices are usually proprietary and because the google play store application can forcibly install or uninstall applications and as a result invite non free software in both cases the use of closed source software causes the system to become vulnerable to backdoors 308 309 it has been argued that because developers are often required to purchase the google branded android license this has turned the theoretically open system into a freemium service 310 20 leverage over manufacturers google licenses their google mobile services software along with the android trademarks only to hardware manufacturers for devices that meet google s compatibility standards specified in the android compatibility program document 311 thus forks of android that make major changes to the operating system itself do not include any of google s non free components stay incompatible with applications that require them and must ship with an alternative software marketplace in lieu of google play store 112 a prominent example of such an android fork is amazon s fire os which is used on the kindle fire line of tablets and oriented toward amazon services 112 the shipment of android devices without gms is also common in mainland china as google does not do business there 312 313 314 in 2014 google also began to require that all android devices which license the google mobile services software display a prominent powered by android logo on their boot screens 113 google has also enforced preferential bundling and placement of google mobile services on devices including mandated bundling of the entire main suite of google applications mandatory placement of shortcuts to google search and the play store app on or near the main home screen page in its default configuration 315 and granting a larger share of search revenue to oems who agree to not include third party app stores on their devices 316 in march 2018 it was reported that google had begun to block uncertified android devices from using google mobile services software and display a warning indicating that the device manufacturer has preloaded google apps and services without certification from google users of custom roms can register their device id to their google account to remove this block 317 some stock applications and components in aosp code that were formerly used by earlier versions of android such as search music calendar and the location api were abandoned by google in favor of non free replacements distributed through play store google search google play music and google calendar and google play services which are no longer open source moreover open source variants of some applications also exclude functions that are present in their non free versions 112 318 319 320 these measures are likely intended to discourage forks and encourage commercial licensing in line with google requirements as the majority of the operating system s core functionality is dependent on proprietary components licensed exclusively by google and it would take significant development resources to develop an alternative suite of software and apis to replicate or replace them apps that do not use google components would also be at a functional disadvantage as they can only use apis contained within the os itself in turn third party apps may have dependencies on google play services 321 members of the open handset alliance which include the majority of android oems are also contractually forbidden from producing android devices based on forks of the os 112 322 in 2012 acer inc was forced by google to halt production on a device powered by alibaba group s aliyun os with threats of removal from the oha as google deemed the platform to be an incompatible version of android alibaba group defended the allegations arguing that the os was a distinct platform from android primarily using html5 apps but incorporated portions of android s platform to allow backwards compatibility with third party android software indeed the devices did ship with an application store which offered android apps however the majority of them were pirated 323 324 325 reception android received a lukewarm reaction when it was unveiled in 2007 although analysts were impressed with the respected technology companies that had partnered with google to form the open handset alliance it was unclear whether mobile phone manufacturers would be willing to replace their existing operating systems with android 326 the idea of an open source linux based development platform sparked interest 327 but there were additional worries about android facing strong competition from established players in the smartphone market such as nokia and microsoft and rival linux mobile operating systems that were in development 328 these established players were skeptical nokia was quoted as saying we don t see this as a threat and a member of microsoft s windows mobile team stated i don t understand the impact that they are going to have 329 since then android has grown to become the most widely used smartphone operating system 330 331 and one of the fastest mobile experiences available 332 reviewers have highlighted the open source nature of the operating system as one of its defining strengths allowing companies such as nokia nokia x family 333 amazon kindle fire barnes noble nook ouya baidu and others to fork the software and release hardware running their own customised version of android as a result it has been described by technology website ars technica as practically the default operating system for launching new hardware for companies without their own mobile platforms 330 this openness and flexibility is also present at the level of the end user android allows extensive customisation of devices by their owners and apps are freely available from non google app stores and third party websites these have been cited as among the main advantages of android phones over others 330 334 despite android s popularity including an activation rate three times that of ios there have been reports that google has not been able to leverage their other products and web services successfully to turn android into the money maker that analysts had expected 335 the verge suggested that google is losing control of android due to the extensive customization and proliferation of non google apps and services amazon s kindle fire line uses fire os a heavily modified fork of android which does not include or support any of google s proprietary components and requires that users obtain software from its competing amazon appstore instead of play store 112 in 2014 in an effort to improve prominence of the android brand google began to require that devices featuring its proprietary components display an android logo on the boot screen 113 android has suffered from fragmentation 336 a situation where the variety of android devices in terms of both hardware variations and differences in the software running on them makes the task of developing applications that work consistently across the ecosystem harder than rival platforms such as ios where hardware and software varies less for example according to data from opensignal in july 2013 there were 11 868 models of android devices numerous screen sizes and eight android os versions simultaneously in use while the large majority of ios users have upgraded to the latest iteration of that os 337 critics such as apple insider have asserted that fragmentation via hardware and software pushed android s growth through large volumes of low end budget priced devices running older versions of android they maintain this forces android developers to write for the lowest common denominator to reach as many users as possible who have too little incentive to make use of the latest hardware or software features only available on a smaller percentage of devices 338 however opensignal who develops both android and ios apps concluded that although fragmentation can make development trickier android s wider global reach also increases the potential reward 337 market share main article usage share of operating systems android is the most used operating system on phones in virtually all countries with some countries such as india having over 96 market share 339 on tablets usage is more even as ios is a bit more popular globally research company canalys estimated in the second quarter of 2009 that android had a 2 8 share of worldwide smartphone shipments 340 by may 2010 android had a 10 worldwide smartphone market share overtaking windows mobile 341 whilst in the us android held a 28 share overtaking iphone os 342 by the fourth quarter of 2010 its worldwide share had grown to 33 of the market becoming the top selling smartphone platform 343 overtaking symbian 344 in the us it became the top selling platform in april 2011 overtaking blackberry os with a 31 2 smartphone share according to comscore 345 by the third quarter of 2011 gartner estimated that more than half 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