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> Well this is neither bad nor good. Because custom Roms will have a hatch out of it. Given most of Google's other recent moves related to Android, I wouldn't
by blihp 9y ago
> Well this is neither bad nor good. Because custom Roms will have a hatch out of it.
Given most of Google's other recent moves related to Android, I wouldn't count on that escape hatch being around for too long. More likely they're offering it as a short-term transition and will find a 'reason' to shut it once they've quantified the impact as minimal in a couple of years.
- JepZ 9y agoI doubt that. Kicking the Rom builders out of the Android Eco-System would probably cause the rise of a new mobile OS. So as long as Google doesn't want to end its monopoly they won't do that.
- bitmapbrother 9y agoNo it wouldn't. You're seriously underestimating the resources and money it would take to even attempt that. Google has an army of Android developers working on all aspects of the OS from design, security, tooling, architecture, infrastructure, features, bug fixes, etc. Others have tried and spectacularly failed because it's hard. Besides, you'll never have the developer support.
- taneq 9y agoMaybe a smaller army would be a good thing, at least in terms of API stability.