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That's even more reason to not have separate categories from my perspective. Either way you're using the devices for the same tasks, there's no reason to separa
by netizen-936824 5y ago
That's even more reason to not have separate categories from my perspective. Either way you're using the devices for the same tasks, there's no reason to separate them.
- vlovich123 5y agoOne distinguishing feature is that a computer typically lets you install arbitrary software and you're the "administrator" of the machine. On a smartphone the administrator is the phone manufacturer. As I said, the categorization is completely arbitrary and depends on how you choose to draw the lines, but neither categorization is right/wrong.
- netizen-936824 5y agoMaybe when it comes to the baseband processor the user isn't the admin, I definitely would agree there. But on most android devices you can absolutely swap out the user space OS, I think this at least gives more control than the situation you describe, although from my understanding iOS is where the user isn't the admin. Android devices also let you install and run arbitrary software from what I'm aware
- vlovich123 5y agoCool. That’s still not functionality available out of the box (if I recall correctly that’s true for sideloading even on Android). You could try to tease that out but it’ll be low single digit percentage of Android users. In other words, nitpicking pedantry, but nothing that should meaningfully shift the overall numbers. Same reason that you wouldn’t expect to include SmartTVs on this even though they’re all running Android.