Probably a big part of the problem is this: - good engineers and managers earn well, especially in the US - they want to own premium products - where Google

Probably a big part of the problem is this: - good engineers and managers earn well, especially in the US - they want to own premium products - where Google and Apple compete, Apple has gone for the premium end and Google has gone for the mass-market end - speculation: thus Google employees aren't living in their own ecosystem