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First, the main problem here is that Google is activelly colluding with manufacturers to keep the Google Play monopoly, second, and more importantly, many Apps
by omeid2 3y ago
First, the main problem here is that Google is activelly colluding with manufacturers to keep the Google Play monopoly, second, and more importantly, many Apps doesn't work without Google Services or whatever it is called now on Android, some apps from Banks doesn't run on "root" or "open" version of Android even with Google Services.
So it is not that simple.
- scarface_74 3y agoAnd what can you do with banking apps that you can’t do by going to their website? Beliefs have consequences. If you are one of the relatively few that value “openness” when the market has spoken otherwise, you have to deal with the consequences
- omeid2 3y agoGet instant notifications for purchases. Add card to my digital wallet. As for your claims about markets and openness, I am not sure what are you even trying to say.
- scarface_74 3y agoThat in the United States, 60% of the users don’t care about “openness” and buy iPhones and pay on average twice as much for the privilege.
- rezonant 3y agoGood that we have you here to speak on their behalf.
- omeid2 3y agoIn the absence of choice, making an assertion about one's preference is absurd.
- scarface_74 3y agoThey have a choice - dozens of Android phones with different degrees of “openness”