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Why? No-one's interested in the Android mark as-is. That's the real criticism of that suggestion. If Google threatened to take away their rights to use the An
by roc 16y ago
Why? No-one's interested in the Android mark as-is.
That's the real criticism of that suggestion.
If Google threatened to take away their rights to use the Android name or logo they wouldn't bat an eye. The manufacturers and carriers are after the modern OS and saving the development time involved in "catching up" from their horrible old systems.
They prefer that their customers don't build up brand loyalty to something they don't control. Why do you think Verizon is selling Droid phones?
- wmf 16y agoI guess I wasn't clear. If Google says "ship vanilla Android or nothing" (basically the same policy as Apple), carriers will choose some other OS that lets them load crapware. If Google says "you can choose to ship vanilla Android™ or DroidWeasel", I agree with you that the carriers will simply rebrand it.