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Desperate hit piece, designed to ignore Apple owns the hardware and the OS, and Google only owns the OS (excluding Nexus devices). Had they compared Nexus/Andro
by AcerbicZero 10y ago
Desperate hit piece, designed to ignore Apple owns the hardware and the OS, and Google only owns the OS (excluding Nexus devices). Had they compared Nexus/Android and Iphone/IOS adoption rates, I think their would have been a much more clear picture of the situation.
Articles like this always seem to be some awkward attempt at turning a strength (Androids wide adoption, budget friendly alternative phones, etc) into a weakness, via the magic of nuance-free comparison.
- pjmlp 10y agoAnd people ignore that Google could easily put some clauses on their contracts to force OEMs to upgrade, just like they have clauses obliging them to use Google Play Services if they want to use the store. It is all a mater of what Google is willing to put on their Android contracts. No excuse.