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This guy doesn't understand the industry he's writing about. Telcos benefit by not having the overhead of advertising and supporting phones. They make their mo
by txxxxd 17y ago
This guy doesn't understand the industry he's writing about.
Telcos benefit by not having the overhead of advertising and supporting phones. They make their money selling services not phones (hence the heavy subsidies.)
Manufacturers benefit by the popularity of the Android platform. It's easy to get people to switch to your hardware if they already know how the OS works and can use all their existing apps.
- seldo 17y agoWell, there's two side to that. The fragmentation of the mobile industry is the problem that Android was built to solve. However, Google getting directly into the business of making and selling handsets means the playing field is no longer level. That was the author's point, at least before he went off the rails and started off-handedly claiming that global warming is a hoax.