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There is a lot of speculation that Google is developing Fuschia because they want to move _away_ from their mobile OS being so thoroughly FOSS.
by wwright 7y ago
There is a lot of speculation that Google is developing Fuschia because they want to move _away_ from their mobile OS being so thoroughly FOSS.
- nicoburns 7y agoThat would leave plenty of room for someone else to take on the android ecosystem...
- wwwhizz 7y agoI don't think they will drop Android until it is not (very) profitable anymore.
- pjmlp 7y agoThey don't need to drop Android, just Linux kernel. ART is being ported to run on top of Fucshia.
- pjmlp 7y agoSure, because the Android clones without Google services have been such a tremendous market success.
- scoot_718 7y agoIt's not like the google services get much use.
- JoBrad 7y agoExcept for Maps, Gmail, Messages, Photos, Search, and (due to the servicing model) Play. I could be forgetting a few.
- Izkata 7y agoMaps, at least, I've completely replaced with Citymapper. Due to its goal it doesn't work everywhere, but in a supported area I've found it to be completely superior to Google Maps. So there is competition.
- LameRubberDucky 7y agoCitymapper uses Google Maps. In what way is it competition?
- jannes 7y agoI suppose it's competition in urban navigation, but not competition in map tiles.
- skinnymuch 7y agoThey use Google Maps so it’s worse for Google vs using Maps directly. But you’re still using them.
- phkahler 7y agoDid you ever try printing a Google map? They're unreadable and the roads are nearly invisible.
- chucksmash 7y agoPretty good for the other 99.98% of use cases though. Your objection doesn't refute "Maps gets used a lot on Android" in any case.
- SwellJoe 7y agoUm...no? Why would I do that? It's on my phone...with a moving dot where I am on the map, and a tiny lady in there that can tell me when to turn. I'm genuinely confused by this...what are you getting at?
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- checktheorder 7y agoI thought Google was developing Fuschia because some of their ambitious junior project managers need to appear to be working on Something Big And New to get a promotion, leaving their project to turn into Something Half-Assed And Cancelled In Two Years. Isn't that the standard trajectory for Google projects launched within this decade?
- dmitriz 7y agoHa, sounds familiar. :) I wonder for how long we'll be able to use Gmail before it follows the G+ road.
- teknopaul 7y agoYou'll need to stop receiving purchase recepits and flight details by email before Google is not interested in reading you email :)
- checktheorder 7y agoI've basically given up on Google and their corporate ADHD. I use Android because it's the only phone OS that allows for easy permanent sideloading while also having a healthy native app ecosystem, and I'll use search and maps, but that's literally (not figuratively, but literally) it. It seems that the only products of theirs with any staying power were launched prior to 2010.
- skinnymuch 7y agoBut search and maps are a lot of Google. Beyond that it’s YouTube, Gmail, Google docs, Google Cloud. Along with Android, Chrome, ChromeOS as the cornerstones of the company. Search is by far the most important piece. Followed by Android and Chrome, in my opinion. Or are you saying you aren’t going to use anything new by them? That is probably the case and I misunderstood. Though it’s not like Google has any major hits this decade anyway. Everything mentioned is quite old.
- 7y ago