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I don't get the analogy. SlidePay is the "Android" of payments versus Square as the "Apple" of payments, but the author then goes on to say SlidePay is like a w
by primigenus 13y ago
I don't get the analogy. SlidePay is the "Android" of payments versus Square as the "Apple" of payments, but the author then goes on to say SlidePay is like a white label version of Square. How is Android a white label version of iOS? How does the analogy help frame this service? Why not just explain what it is and how it's different directly?
- gkoberger 13y agoWith the iPhone, everything (device, software, services) are from Apple. With Android, Google provides parts that different device manufacturers can use to augment their device. Manufacturers can use their own hardware and add whatever software they want to Android. Not a great analogy, though -- especially since my initial impression was that it only worked on Android while Square was for iOS. A better analogy would probably be "Stripe's API + Square's Hardware".
- benologist 13y agoThe analogy makes sense if you look at AOL's news sites as cheap content farms.
- pbreit 13y agoThe analogy is fine. If you're a handset manufacturer (samsung, htc, et al) you can white label android (which works kinda like iOS). Just as you can't use iOS, you can't use square in your own app.
- scorpion032 13y agoI'd guess that they wanted to say "Stripe for Android"; but didnt want to mention Stripe, so ended up suggesting that.