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This is an excellant topic. Computer manufactures mass produce Windows computers and lease a liscense from Microsoft for the operating system at a discount. To offset that cost they load up so called bloatware, a lot of the software they include is good, and some you can uninstall.
Some years ago I bought Windows XP pro it cost $400, not practicle for most people to do. Considering you could purchase a computer for as low as $400 with XP already installed.
The advantage then was if you built your on computer or even had a store bought one you could reformat the hard drive install the OS, and not have any of the pre-installed crap. But then you'd have to have all the drivers for the hardware, not a problem if you don't mind going thru all that. But that is one thing you didn't have to do with a pre-installed system, the drivers are already installed.
So it seems you'd have to be able to purchase the Android OS. Know how to install it to the smartphone and have access to all the drivers from whatever smartphone manufacturer, for their hardware.
That day could come, but don't see it happening real soon? Myself at this time don't have the knowledge to do that on a smartphone, don't think most people do at this time?
