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Android Fragmentation
- dave1619 14y agoHmmm, not sure if I agree with Fred Wilson on this one. Fragmentation is a real pain to deal with. I guess if the fragmented parts aren't too numerous and they have tons of users then you just deal with it. As a developer, Android presents a challenge: it's a pain to develop for but it's too big to ignore.
- fredwilson 14y agoyes, exactly
- rjsamson 14y agoWhile its good to see a big Android supporter like Fred Wilson acknowledge the fragmentation issues, I think convincing any developers out there that this fragmentation is a good thing is going to be a really hard sell. Beyond just the OEM customization, the whole Android install base is spread out among a number of different (often older) versions - this is not something you see with iOS where Apple does a great job of getting their install base to upgrade quickly to the latest major version.
- fredwilson 14y agoit might make sense to just focus on the google and samsung phones at first