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The two don't quite compare on an even plane anymore -- Android has Google Play Services, and has unbundled its apps from the core OS, and that makes a huge dif
by Recoil42 13y ago
The two don't quite compare on an even plane anymore -- Android has Google Play Services, and has unbundled its apps from the core OS, and that makes a huge difference. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-sl...
- netcraft 13y agowhich is because the carriers were not making the updates available in a timely fashion, correct?
- pedrocr 13y agoMost manufacturers don't produce the updates for the carriers to make available anyway, from what I've seen it's mostly the manufacturer's fault.
- gnarfz 13y agothis might be good for customers but doesn't change anything for me, as a developer. we still have to support down to 2.3. it is a big PITA to develop for and you can't use the new fancy(tm) stuff most of the time. sometimes i'm a bit jealous, but only sometimes :)