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So iOS was adopted why...?

• freehunter 14y ago
  Because Apple had a heck of a lot more clout than Google did at the time.
  • ryanhuff 14y ago
    While Apple was in a very strong position, the carriers had a strong interest in another player to counter Apple's market power. In the case of fragmentation, I think Google was just more willing to negotiate away things like this in the interest of getting a strong presence on the devices.
• resu_nimda 14y ago
  Because the iPhone was an obvious money printing machine, so the carriers were willing to accept the inability to put their garbage on it.
  • thedragon4453 14y ago
    No, not really actually. They went to several carriers and Cingular was the only one that would deal with what apple wanted, and that was reluctant. Google could have pushed harder, but they miscalculated.