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I don't get how the meaning of open somehow got turned into you have to let competition run all over you. Leveraging your work may not be in the sunshine feel g

I don't get how the meaning of open somehow got turned into you have to let competition run all over you. Leveraging your work may not be in the sunshine feel good happiness part of open, but it certainly isn't closed. Motorola/Samsung were able to use Skyhook if they wanted to, Google just put themselves in a position where Motorola/Samsung had to choose between who was the more important partner. I have no doubt Google can do the same with Amazon.

megablast 15y ago
Because open is such a stupid word that means different things to different people.
allwein 15y ago
> I have no doubt Google can do the same with Amazon. Except, not. The way they strong-armed the Skyhook issue was by saying they would restrict access to the Android App Store if they used Skyhook. Obviously that strategy won't work on Amazon. Google only supports the "openness" of Android insomuch as it includes the use of Google services, which is where they make their money. An Amazon Android could completely eliminate all Google services, thus becoming a threat. Amazon has their own app store, their own music service, can use Bing for maps, etc.