While I agree that equating the two in the article was extremely sloppy, there also exists the phenomenon of Google providing open tools to device makers and ca

While I agree that equating the two in the article was extremely sloppy, there also exists the phenomenon of Google providing open tools to device makers and carriers, who then use it to create a locked device with poor privacy standards. The Android stack itself may be open, but the devices that actually end up in users' hands vary wildly in their respect for consumer freedom.