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It's really hard to understand all this crippling branding imposed by the manufacturers and the carriers in Android phones. Do you really want people to wince e
by alextp 15y ago
It's really hard to understand all this crippling branding imposed by the manufacturers and the carriers in Android phones. Do you really want people to wince every time they see your brand?
- cpeterso 15y agoManufacturers and carriers want to differentiate their products rather than becoming yet another peddler of generic Android phones. I think Google's strategy from the beginning was to commoditize mobile devices to weaken the carriers stranglehold on internet data (blocking Google's services from their walled gardens).
- tsotha 15y agoWhen you buy a PC it comes with all these crap "toolbars" and "dashboards" and antivirus software installed because the manufacturer gets kickbacks from the software vendors. I think the same is probably true for Android phones in the US. I have an HTC Incredible (the first one), which is a great phone, but it has a bunch of third party apps I can't remove.