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Google may have expected the Android ecosystem to resemble the DOS/Windows ecosystem of the past ie many diverse companies competing for market share. It hasn'
by sunstone 9y ago
Google may have expected the Android ecosystem to resemble the DOS/Windows ecosystem of the past ie many diverse companies competing for market share.
It hasn't turned out that way. A few major players have come to dominate the cell phone market and the also rans have mostly exited the market.
The major's market share now gives them the clout to demand higher fees from Google. And all of this has led Google to now compete seriously with it's Pixel line of phones against Samsung and Apple. Now the big boys will battle it out.
- ariwilson 9y agoThis is not true at all. A huge number of OEMs have come out of China and (to a much lesser extent) the US over the last few years and taken substantial market share. Huawei, Xiaomi, etc.
- sunstone 9y agoOk, but is this the demographic advertisers are trying to reach?
- cududa 9y agoLess than ten percent market share - whoopee, who cares?
- morsch 9y agoXiaomi sold half as many smartphones in 2Q17 as Apple. Huawei sold about as much as Apple. Apart from Samsung, the Android brands that are well known in western markets -- HTC, Motorola. Google, LG, Sony -- aren't relevant globally. https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS42935817 https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS42935817