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I think it's inaccurate to say "Android" isn't "truly open". It's open when it leaves Google and the code is still out there. I can still benefit from that op

by daten 16y ago

I think it's inaccurate to say "Android" isn't "truly open". It's open when it leaves Google and the code is still out there. I can still benefit from that openness even on a phone that carriers added some restrictions to. The blame should rest entirely with the carriers. This isn't "Apple vs Android" this is "Apple vs Carriers".

danilocampos 16y ago
> This isn't "Apple vs Android" this is "Apple vs Carriers". That's an academic distinction, though, wouldn't you agree? Android as software is perhaps "truly open" but what about Android as a user experience? Android, from the perspective of the vast majority of people who will interact with it, is what the carriers say it is.