I'm not too crazy about sideloading any apps (especially non official ones) and screwing around with the settings in Android One. I like what I have right now and am not looking to mess it up.
Besides it should be up to BlackBerry to make it's apps widely available to as many consumers as possible with no obstacles. I don't want to have to pay or jump through hoops, especially for BlackBerry. I may miss some stuff from them, but not enough to bungle up my current device or OS.
This is why I left BlackBerry in the first place. I was almost a decade with that company as a consumer and purchased several of their devices, both BB10 and BlackDroid (and even one legacy OS device in the beginning). I stayed with them through three different platforms and Operating System versions (and I'm not even counting the PlayBook OS). All through that time, it was just drama, they were unreliable, with shoddy customer service and zero ability on their part to come up with a valid strategy regarding their consumers.
There came a time when it didn't make any sense to stick around. Too much hassle and too expensive.
For me HMD Global provided a most welcome alternative, besides having the chance to use Nokia again was like coming home once again (it was the original brand I used for over a decade prior to BlackBerry.)
The fact that my 7.1 is coupled with Android One is even better. Not everything is perfect, there are some shortcomings here and there, but by and large, thinking about what I went through with BlackBerry...there is no comparison.
No way am I getting with BlackBerry again...