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If we look back through history, we'll see Compaq computers with awful software pre-installed... even bundles including ISP software (AOL, Juno, anyone?) But th
by neogodless 10y ago
If we look back through history, we'll see Compaq computers with awful software pre-installed... even bundles including ISP software (AOL, Juno, anyone?) But then we started to see Signature edition computers without bloatware (and Microsoft moving to make it easier to remove the extra software.)
We can only hope that phones follow this trajectory. And maybe more quickly, as they can learn from the past.
Sure, computer manufacturers liked new versions of Windows pushing computer purchases, but now we're at a point where Windows 10 exists, and updates are something not even the consumer can block.
- remir 10y agoA "Signature Edition" of Android would be interesting.
- happycube 10y agoThey did that for a while with Google Play Editions...
- danieldk 10y agoIndeed. And supposedly, the Android Silver program was going to continue this [1], but failed. [1] http://www.androidcentral.com/android-silver http://www.androidcentral.com/android-silver
- remir 10y agoDidn't last very long, unfortunately. I think it's because the average consumer doesn't even know what Android is and a lot of folks buy their phone at their carrier's store. In other words, there wasn't enough people that cared about this stuff to be viable.
- icebraining 10y agoIsn't that Nexus/Pixel?
- remir 10y agoWhat I meant was phones from LG, HTC, Samsung shipping with Android without customization and updated directly by Google. Also, the possibility to install this "Pure Edition" if your phone didn't shipped with it would be great, like MS does with their Windows 10 ISO tool.