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I don't think Google will do that anytime soon. Because they don't know how to make and sell a phone for profit. The only player that can do that is Samsung, an
by dingo_bat 9y ago
I don't think Google will do that anytime soon. Because they don't know how to make and sell a phone for profit. The only player that can do that is Samsung, and Google cannot cut them off. I bet Samsung would sell more tizen phones than Google would sell fuschia phones, if Google were to lock Android up.
- anon4728 9y agoGoogle lacks fundamental business and product management skills. Creating an "open platform" encourages device makers to polish it only for their needs but not upstream features and fixes to competitors (OS fragmentation) and let multiple, insecure versions run forever that rarely get updated (legacy fragmentation). Plus, Linux security is usually an oxymoron which Fuchsia may address. If Google wants their platform to survive, they're going to have to require approval for apps and devices, and stipulate things like UX usability and mandatory OS patches. PS: There are thousands of servers run by handset manufacturers and telcos that are required for some features of mobile devices to work at all. For example, Motorola Mobility smartphones' depended on their own servers for many social media features to work. These backend-heavy designs are supremely easy to brick, disconnect and invade privacy of users, en masse, for profit and for government spying.