Two points that have me confused: 1) I don't fully understand how Android is stifling innovation in local-mobile services simply by having a dominant market sha

Two points that have me confused: 1) I don't fully understand how Android is stifling innovation in local-mobile services simply by having a dominant market share. From where I am standing (which admittedly, is in android's favor as I very much enjoy using and developing for android) the platform is more open to development of advanced local-mobile services and applications due to fewer restrictions of background usage of sensors and services (vs. iOS, for example). In addition, I see Google pushing the envelope much more and much faster than iOS in terms of providing its own local-mobile services and applications (they're potential data harvesting evil-ness aside). 2) Why do you trust Microsoft more than Google when they have pretty much blow-for-blow have equivalent services, applications, and (potential) scalability in online and mobile services? Is it simply because they have bought the Nokia devices and services division and are folding it under the Microsoft brand, making them a true hardware manufacturer (in the sense that they stand to benefit if they profit from hardware sales)? As I see it, the big three mobile companies (Apple, Google, MS - sorry BB) all now have their own top-to-bottom mobile stacks, except Google has kept Moto silo'd away from their core business. So are you simply pointing out that Google's current business model is still to undercut in hardware prices (not try to profit) and make the rest up in services, while assuming that Microsoft will not go this route (they probably will)? Also, all that being said, Google's hardware stance certainly appears to be changing if they really make a mainstream push for Glass and plan to start making their own hardware as they have hinted at (Glass, Pixel, Nexus Q, Moto X).