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It amazes me that writers do not understand this simple point. They saw the word "fragment" and jumped to conclusions right away without fully understanding th
by arron61 16y ago
It amazes me that writers do not understand this simple point. They saw the word "fragment" and jumped to conclusions right away without fully understanding the original article.
Android is missing a DRM feature - which Netflix never fully explained and to get around this, they are working with handset makers to add this feature.
This is not fragmentation. This is actually pretty cool considering that they are able to get around limitations imposed by the operating system.
If Android 2.3 added this feature, this problem or "so-called" fragmentation will disappear.
- Xuzz 16y agoOnce, of course, all the devices get upgrades to it. When I'm still seeing releases of Android 1.5, I'm actually unsure if working with the OS for this would actually make it more difficult to support on a variety of platforms.
- tomjen3 16y agoNot really, it is pretty easy to say that your app requires Android such and such version and if you browse the market with a version less than that, it won't show up. On no, thats not fragmentation either - all old apps run on later versions.
- Xuzz 16y agoSure, but then you have the exact same issue where only a subset of devices can use Netflix.