Apple, Amazon, Ubuntu, and Mozilla are three alternatives to Google either presently or in the not too distant future (there&#x27;s also Microsoft though they&#x27;ve got their own issues).<p>I don&#x27;t know that any will succeed, but I suspect one or the other eventually will.<p>Android as it stands sucks.  Badly.<p>I know.  I&#x27;m typing this on it.