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Jobs begs the question: Are the users actually the system integrators? What does that even mean anyway?

• catch23 16y ago
  I think he means that it is up to the users to decide how to sync their android device with whatever future devices they'll own. With the iPhone, you'll just buy the next generation device and your settings will easily migrate over. With android, you might switch from droid to htc desire and it will be up to you to migrate your data & settings. With fragmentation it makes this harder simply because carriers can prevent OTA updates and force stuff like the sense ui on their customers.
• guelo 16y ago
  Exactly. And what does fragmented and integrated mean in the context of a consumer? I've heard fragmented as far as developers go but consumers just get a device and normally keep it for at least 2 years. How is fragmentation hurting them and what integration is it that they're doing?
  • awakeasleep 16y ago
    One way this 'fragmentation' can hurt users is by removing some developer's incentive to build on the platform. I believe that is what the Tweetdeck quote was about, anyway.
    • snotrockets 16y ago
      Except it wasn't a real quote. @iaindodsworth (TweetDeck's CEO) wrote today it wasn't: http://twitter.com/#!/iaindodsworth/statuses/27813412620 http://twitter.com/#!/iaindodsworth/statuses/27813412620
  • GHFigs 16y ago
    The fragmentation problem for users is that they must be conscious of the deviations of the particular handset/carrier/version/store fragment they are buying in to or potentially suffer the consequences of their ignorance. That is, the Android phone you buy may be a very different experience than the Android phone I buy, and that creates a lot of opportunity for dissatisfaction internal to the platform which simply would not be there with a strong first-party stance on how things ought to be done.