> And since Google's MADA prohibits manufacturers from selling forks, it means Amazon would also have to give up the Kindle Fire. So Amazon is soon to be another example of how you can't fight Google.
This is wrong. The anti-forking clause applies to Open Handset Alliance members only: a group which Amazon does not belong to.
"Company shall not... take any actions that may cause or result in the fragmentation of Android, including but not limited to the distribution by Company of a software development kit (SDK) derived from Android or derived from Android Compatible Devices..."
Please don't claim people are wrong without any evidence, especially when the evidence that exists disagrees with you. ;)
Also, while the Open Handset Alliance page is no longer updated, OHA members are the companies who have signed the MADA. The OHA is a thinly veiled cartel for Google to exert control over the industry. If Amazon releases a Play Store-supported phone, they'll have to kill the Kindle Fire line... or make them Google Play-included Android devices... which would mean being forced to include a competing eBook store, Play Books, on Kindle devices.
This is the very definition of illegal tying, and hopefully the US government will finally take note.
This is wrong. The anti-forking clause applies to Open Handset Alliance members only: a group which Amazon does not belong to.