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Because they cannot use Google services, and they have to come up with something equivalent. At least when cloning Android, everyone already knows how to develop for that, so that's a plus.
Basically, it's China getting rid of Western dependencies, and that will only become stronger, like axing ARM in favour of RISC-V.
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It all makes sense now...
the fact that Huawei's HarmonyOS is pretty much an android clone, as the ui, and also the app development workflow. see https://developer.harmonyos.com/en/...
why do you think they ever thought this is a good idea (letting the developers have to create and manage a separate codebase)? is it more china targeted, and they will continue supporting android out of china?
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