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I think Gruber's point is spot-on. A lot of people prefer Android because they want it to be open and open-source, and Android companies market to the public on
by wtn 16y ago
I think Gruber's point is spot-on. A lot of people prefer Android because they want it to be open and open-source, and Android companies market to the public on this specific point.
So I don't think it's off-base to point out discrepancies between the ideology and the reality. Gruber would absolutely like Apple to be more open. However, in this case, it is Google that contradicted itself with words vs deeds.
- nextparadigms 16y agoThat's not really spot-on. Most Android users would rather see Google put a stop to deep skins and doing gross things like the carriers are doing with the Android phones by not letting you uninstall their apps, or charging you for features already built-in, and so on.
- rbarooah 16y agoAre you saying most Android users don't want it to be open?
- neutronicus 16y agoA more charitable interpretation is that most developers would like Google to protect the Android trademark a little better, perhaps by tightening up on what modifications of Android are still eligible to be called "Android", so that both users and developers could count on more consistency when hearing the name.
- bergie 16y agoThe way this was set up with MeeGo is that there is a formal compliance process backed up by the trademark (owned by Linux Foundation). If you make a product based on MeeGo you can add whatever you want. As long as it passes compliance, you can call it MeeGo. http://wiki.meego.com/Quality/Compliance http://wiki.meego.com/Quality/Compliance
- alienreborn 16y agoMay be few percent of customers care about Android 'openness'. Majority of people just don't care. They see android is from a trusted brand called Google and believe in the product.