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Right, but this article claims that the problem is that "Android is too free" and that these companies don't have incentives to update. But the former is not tr
by MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Right, but this article claims that the problem is that "Android is too free" and that these companies don't have incentives to update. But the former is not true; Google has a stick just like Microsoft has a stick. It's a different stick, but it's a stick. They just choose not to use it. To me the blame is placed solely on Google who apparently is winning too strongly to care about this particular wrinkle.
- masklinn 15y ago> But the former is not true; Google has a stick just like Microsoft has a stick. It's a different stick, but it's a stick. They just choose not to use it. What stick does Google have?
- tadfisher 15y agoManufacturers cannot ship a device containing Google's proprietary IPs (the Android Market client, Google Talk, GMail, Maps, Navigation, and the official YouTube client) if the device doesn't meet certain compatibility standards[1]. [1] http://source.android.com/compatibility/overview.html http://source.android.com/compatibility/overview.html