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I assume there will be much tighter integration of Google+ into the next major release of Android which should help solve the 'ghost town' problem so many peopl

by jsz0 15y ago

I assume there will be much tighter integration of Google+ into the next major release of Android which should help solve the 'ghost town' problem so many people are seeing with Google+ at this point. Ultimately they may have to give SmartPhone makers some incentive to stop bundling the Facebook app/integration on their devices. (or just make their own)

alexgartrell 15y ago
> Ultimately they may have to give SmartPhone makers some incentive to stop bundling the Facebook app/integration on their devices. Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft I'm not trying to be snide either, Microsoft leveraged its relationships with OEMs to incentivize them to stop bundling netscape. I don't think that Google would play that dirty, but it's certainly thin ice.
- streptomycin 15y ago
  Google isn't a monopoly.
  - suitcase 15y ago
    But they probably have the size and the market power that would make regulators take an interest in such behavior.
there 15y ago
I assume there will be much tighter integration of Google+ into the next major release of Android that won't happen, if only because google maintains complete control over any android applications that interact with its services. gmail, voice, market, etc. are all closed-source proprietary applications that ship with most phones and are not part of android's open source code base. integrating any g+ features into android would also mean that google would not be able to push out any updates to that code to take advantage of new features. some phone carriers/vendors release devices and never send out updates for them. at least with separate applications, google would be able to push out updates through the market. of course, that's not to say that google won't develop a tightly-integrated application for g+, but that is possible today with android's current api and doesn't have to be a part of the system.
saturdaysaint 15y ago
And push Facebook into bed with Apple? Riiight.

by jsz0 15y ago

alexgartrell 15y ago

> Ultimately they may have to give SmartPhone makers some incentive to stop bundling the Facebook app/integration on their devices. Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft I'm not trying to be snide either, Microsoft leveraged its relationships with OEMs to incentivize them to stop bundling netscape. I don't think that Google would play that dirty, but it's certainly thin ice.

streptomycin 15y ago
Google isn't a monopoly.
- suitcase 15y ago
  But they probably have the size and the market power that would make regulators take an interest in such behavior.

there 15y ago

I assume there will be much tighter integration of Google+ into the next major release of Android that won't happen, if only because google maintains complete control over any android applications that interact with its services. gmail, voice, market, etc. are all closed-source proprietary applications that ship with most phones and are not part of android's open source code base. integrating any g+ features into android would also mean that google would not be able to push out any updates to that code to take advantage of new features. some phone carriers/vendors release devices and never send out updates for them. at least with separate applications, google would be able to push out updates through the market. of course, that's not to say that google won't develop a tightly-integrated application for g+, but that is possible today with android's current api and doesn't have to be a part of the system.

saturdaysaint 15y ago

And push Facebook into bed with Apple? Riiight.