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If I were Samsung, and I read this, I'd dump or fork Android in a heartbeat. Google is clearly just peeing in the pool with Android. Their goal is to disrupt t
by cek 14y ago
If I were Samsung, and I read this, I'd dump or fork Android in a heartbeat.
Google is clearly just peeing in the pool with Android. Their goal is to disrupt the industry by sucking margins out.
From their perspective it makes sense. It may even be a positive thing for consumers. But it is really bad news for other companies trying to make a profit from hardware, especially Apple and Samsung.
- andybak 14y agoIt's obvious from day one that Android was at least partially a "commoditize your complement" play. But I would argue that the emergence of a commodity alternative to Apple was inevitable and every OEM would need to choose at some point whether to play against Apple or to try and become the new Dell.
- randallu 14y agoI'm sure Samsung would do it if they had a modicum of competence in platform building -- see Bada, Tizen, SLP (Samsung Linux Platform). They've spent fortunes on these and gotten nowhere; they know what's going on and are completely unable to gain leverage.