Give this a read. http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4120208/why-andy-rubin-android-called-it-quits http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4120208/why-andy-rubin-and.

Give this a read. http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4120208/why-andy-rubin-android-called-it-quits http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4120208/why-andy-rubin-and... Andy Rubin, creator of Android, left Google after a decade because Samsung became more closely identified with Android phone than Google, or something to that effect. "While Samsung got rich off shipping phones built on Android, Google’s brand faded into the background and its influence was chipped away."