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Originally Posted by murraypaul
The fear would be that Google would offer preferential Android access to their own hardware, ahead of offering it their other hardware partners. In the same way that Microsoft software had access to Windows APIs which competitors didn't. Google would also have the ability to undercut the others on price, as it is paying licensing fees to itself.
There have been a couple of stories about this in regards to the Motorola deal, but obviously there is no way of knowing how accurate they are, or if they are just rumours/scaremongering.
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Google doesn't charge licensing fees for Android. They might eventually do that.