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I can easily change every single thing in the system, should I really want to Ok why don't you start removing Verizon's bloatware on this Nexus phone.
by beatle 15y ago
I can easily change every single thing in the system, should I really want to
Ok why don't you start removing Verizon's bloatware on this Nexus phone.
- shinratdr 15y agoI love this. We all know he doesn't actually want to change the filesystem, won't do so, and frankly can't. However, Google's marketing and public line insists that he can, so he can, and this erroneous belief actually helps shape his purchasing decision. This is a good lesson to keep in mind when encountering programmer-types that are arrogant enough to insist they are never swayed by marketing. Truth is, very little marketing targets them. When it does, it works just as effectively as it does with everyone else.
- jrockway 15y agoI've compiled AOSP from source and use that on my phone. In that case, I have the ability to change everything. The only barrier to this (since there are lots of good downloadable variants of this technique, like CyanogenMod) is being able to flash a new firmware on your phone. In many cases, this is explicitly supported (the Nexus One was a good example), and in the other cases, it's very easy to bypass the carrier's attempt at locking you out of your phone. As long as people keep paying the lowest bidder to write critical software in C, you'll be able to install whatever you want on your phone :)