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> Android took off because it wasn't one manufacturer having control over the OS. Yet iOS really started that market and maintains its customers exactly becaus
by Sebb767 6y ago
> Android took off because it wasn't one manufacturer having control over the OS.
Yet iOS really started that market and maintains its customers exactly because it's a single company controlling the OS (and doing it rather well, to be fair). And while its market share isn't that of Android, it can hardly be called a failure.
- monksy 6y agoI would call that luck. As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead. (Symbian could have done the same thing)
- Sebb767 6y ago> As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead. That's true for any platform, isn't it? I mean, I see your point about an open platform, but on something that's intended to 'just work' like a PS, trading openness for guaranteed working games and known-good [enough] quality is fair enough. The platform only needs to keep its side of the promise (and not be a monopoly, which would open another can of worms).