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Sadly, the worst case is not google charging some fee. The worst case is that iOS can become the only mobile os with deep platform integration(apple music, safa
by enitihas 8y ago
Sadly, the worst case is not google charging some fee. The worst case is that iOS can become the only mobile os with deep platform integration(apple music, safari, apple maps, app store), where as Android will become more fragmented. Part of the appeal of iOS is the seamless experience among all iOS devices. If your cousin has an iOS device, you can turn to him/her for help. You can seamlessly buy an iOS device and assume more or less the same experience.
Android? Your cousin's Android may share nothing with yours, and so may your next Android phone with your current. You may not count on the same browser, assistant, mail, or maps being available in all Android devices.
You may argue that people will be sure to differentiate between Android A and Android B, but sadly, people have enough going on in their lives and want their phone to just work. Guess which OS provided the most consistent experience among devices and the most homogeneous app ecosystem?
From what I have learned with my interactions with non tech friends of mine, they don't want to know why such and such app is better than the default one. They just want things to look and feel the same and just work as long as possible.
You can argue that android already had custom skins on most brand's phones, but at least some platform apps used to be common. This may change even that.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> Android will become more fragmented There are deeper factors driving homogenization than Google Play Services. Those will probably remain, driving most Android users to a single fork. What this ruling does is make it possible that the next Android isn't dominated by Google.
- enitihas 8y agoIt's not just about google play services. Once manufacturers are free to custimize things as they want, why will they not want to install something like UC browser by default which may pay money. Similarly for a mobile assistant of their own. I know people who had mywebsearch as their default search engine and didn't want to change it to google as they didn't think their was any difference. Given that all of these are solid monetisation opportunities, why would any of them bother to install google apps? Not saying this is bad in itself, but the fragmentation is going to happen.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoI'm not seeing the problem. The APIs are still going to be the same; developers are still going to be able to write apps that work for everyone.
- enitihas 8y agoThe comparison people will make will be against iOS, which will be able to provide a seamless and consistent experience due to the same default apps on each device.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThat's not a concern. As long as the APIs are the same, one should be able to install whatever apps they want to use.
- HillaryBriss 8y ago> Given that all of these are solid monetisation opportunities, why would any of them bother to install google apps? Google could also pay them to install Google apps
- rwj 8y agoMy wife is upset every time there is an iOS update. No non tech users really don't want to have to relearn how to operate their phone on a semi regular basis...
- r00fus 8y agoI can say I really hated iOS11 as it killed a lot of my 32-bit apps. Some took many months to get a 64bit replacement or update. A minor few but important ones still have no replacement and I had to abandon and change how I was doing things.