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Exactly. This is so back-asswards.
by VikingCoder 8y ago
Exactly.
This is so back-asswards.
- MBCook 8y agoYou can be open. You just can’t use contracts to extend your monopoly to other areas. This is not an open/closed dichotomy. This is a free/controlled market issue.
- VikingCoder 8y agoI literally don't understand. If Google manufactured all Android phones, and Android were closed source, and Android came pre-installed with the Play Store, Search, and Chrome, I think it wouldn't be a problem, right? That turns this into an open/closed dichotomy.
- wetpaws 8y agoIf Android was close there would not be any monopoly, I think this is the idea.
- VikingCoder 8y agoThat idea is completely false. It's plausible that Android would have nearly as many users. Google, for instance, could have all of the current manufacturers agree to OEM their Android devices. Possibly with co-branding.
- MBCook 8y agoAgain, they can be ‘open’ (sell/give to other OEMs), they just can’t use contracts to force those OEMs to help them dominate other markets/kill Android competition. That’s what they’re doing here, just like MS did in the 90s with Windows licenses.