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Yell at Google too. They're the ones who opted to give that control to the carriers/handset makers.
by jsz0 16y ago
Yell at Google too. They're the ones who opted to give that control to the carriers/handset makers.
- abrahamsen 16y agoRetaining central control over usage does not match with releasing the code under an open source license.
- wmf 16y agoGoogle does exercise control over many Android phones (http://mobilespoon.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-google-experience.html http://mobilespoon.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-google-exper...), so it wouldn't be a stretch to mandate OS upgrades.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoI'd imagine that if they hadn't given that control to carriers and manufacturers, we wouldn't have had a carrier to release a flagship model on...