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If it opens up the Horizon OS in Android level, it'll cost them massively as pointed out in the tweet. Android could've been much-much-much simpler if it were o
by flakiness 2y ago
If it opens up the Horizon OS in Android level, it'll cost them massively as pointed out in the tweet. Android could've been much-much-much simpler if it were only for Pixel.
I think people at Meta are aware of that and the Horizon-compatible devices will be less diverse than the ones from the Android ecosystem.
- chatmasta 2y agoBut if Android were only for Pixel it might not have succeeded. I guess one notable difference is that Android started as software-only, and Pixel came later. Maybe Google would have played it differently if they had a flagship phone from the beginning. Still, I’m surprised to see Carmack taking a position against opening a platform. Although it sounds from his tweet that he thinks it’s more of a proprietary partnership than true open sourcing. If that’s the case, I see the argument for it being a distraction. But if the roadmap includes open sourcing the OS, then surely the “distraction” is worth it to capture the majority of the market.
- bagels 2y agoAndroid was around for a long time before the Pixel phones came out. Maybe you just mean Google branded phones in general? 2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) 2010: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus 2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_(1st_generation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_(1st_generation)
- flakiness 2y agoMy point is that Android is very complex because it has to support a diverse set of devices. The complexity paid off for Android for sure, but will it for Meta VR headsets? That's debatable. On one hand it lets the exploration outside Meta, on the other hand, it slows Meta's development down.