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This was not unexpected; despite all the technical and political troubles iOS and Android have, mobiles OSes can be considered a commodity; there is little comp
by Daishiman 13y ago
This was not unexpected; despite all the technical and political troubles iOS and Android have, mobiles OSes can be considered a commodity; there is little competitive advantage that any new contender could bring about at this point unless something truly radical emerges.
Ubuntu's unified OS on all platforms seems like an interesting idea at first glance, but Canonical has so far failed at providing the necessary vision for that to come through.
- argonaut 13y agoIt's not so much that they're a commodity, but rather it's the fact that Android and iOS are so entrenched. Both ecosystems are networks. In fact iOS is a major competitive advantage for Apple, with all the apps that are iOS first.
- hershel 13y agoCyanogenmod is quite successful(10 million installs). It seems like a good model for creating alternatives in the os market(as long as google is happy and sharing it's apps and store). And they've inserted some interesting features to the os , for example strong encrypted text(TextSecure) as default.