The difference is that there's no comparable 800 pound gorilla controlling the dominant Non-Apple OS that runs on commodity non-Apple hardware. Well I guess the

The difference is that there's no comparable 800 pound gorilla controlling the dominant Non-Apple OS that runs on commodity non-Apple hardware. Well I guess there is but adhering to Google's terms are entirely voluntary (see Amazon). Microsoft was far more controlling which helped DOS/Windows develop into a single ubiquitous ecosystem. Google isn't so Android won't.