PIxel is a disaster, will cause Android to fork

Android's biggest problem is fragmentation which will now get much worse. Samsung has been toying with their own OS for years and they aren't alone, they've done it because they didn't like being at Google's mercy. By putting proprietary features into the Pixels Google is forcing the hands of the major Android manufacturers. My guess is that the response is going to be to fork Android as Amazon has done. There maybe multiple forks or, best case scenario, a single fork overseen by an opensource organization. When Oracle tried to close up Open Office and My SQL both projects were forked, Libre Office and Maria DB, and the forks quickly became dominant. If Google doesn't change course they will lose control of Android in a very short time.