Why Is Google Free on Android?

By providing Android for free to hardware manufacturers, it gives hardware manufacturers an incentive to use Android as their mobile operating system. … Google takes a cut of every purchase in the Play store and the more people use Android and purchase apps, the higher Google’s revenue from Android is.

Can I use Android without Google?

LineageOS is a version of Android which you can use without a Google account. … While LineageOS works on most Android devices, it makes use of non-free device drivers and firmware which are fetched from a device and included in the ROM.

Does Google charge for Android?

Android is a widely successful mobile operating system. … Android is open source, and Google mostly does not charge any licensing fee for it.