I think more people are realising that "Open source was seen as more of a tool to manipulate the market and create favourable circumstances, rather than a goal in itself." http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Open-source-is-just-a-... - Hence Android in order to fight Apple etc. It can help destroy your competitions market rather than helping them.
What a good observation! Commoditize the complements by dropping a free competitive software that any entity can use and modify. And they've also restricted modifications from other companies with the trademark, so they have control over that as well. It's quite brilliant.
