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>and Android is just a vehicle for them to deliver ads, folks They are dealing with that 'problem' by steadily de-opensourcing all of the components. You don't

>and Android is just a vehicle for them to deliver ads, folks They are dealing with that 'problem' by steadily de-opensourcing all of the components. You don't use the email app, you use gmail. You don't use the camera any more, you use "google camera". You don't even use the keyboard any more, you use "google keyboard". A lot of the new android functionality is piled into 'google play services'. I don't think the day is that far off where the 'next' version of android will be all closed source, and if you want all of those closed source apps that you depend on to continue working, you'll need to install it. At that point they can start charging fees for android's use.

personZ 12y ago
While cbeach's comment that you replied to is trollish nonsense, in response to your reply- You don't use the camera any more, you use "google camera". You don't even use the keyboard any more, you use "google keyboard". A lot of the new android functionality is piled into 'google play services'. Or you use other email clients, alternative cameras, or alternative keyboards. That's kind of the point of Android, and in splitting their own apps off Google is simultaneously making the platform better by opening the APIs required by them. For instance the camera API has gotten dramatically better - http://source.android.com/devices/camera/camera3_3Amodes.html http://source.android.com/devices/camera/camera3_3Amodes.htm... At that point they can start charging fees for android's use. Google already charges partners for Google apps. Samsung is paying Google. This has always been the case with Google. Further most of those apps have been separate concerns since something like Android 1.5, and the platform is dramatically better for it (e.g. the whole fragmentation thing is far less of a concern, because the core platform shrinks to just core services, exactly as it should be).
Oletros 12y ago
If so, how AOSP still has email, camera or keyboard apps? Can you show just one service that has been pulled off from AOSP?

personZ 12y ago

While cbeach's comment that you replied to is trollish nonsense, in response to your reply- You don't use the camera any more, you use "google camera". You don't even use the keyboard any more, you use "google keyboard". A lot of the new android functionality is piled into 'google play services'. Or you use other email clients, alternative cameras, or alternative keyboards. That's kind of the point of Android, and in splitting their own apps off Google is simultaneously making the platform better by opening the APIs required by them. For instance the camera API has gotten dramatically better - http://source.android.com/devices/camera/camera3_3Amodes.html http://source.android.com/devices/camera/camera3_3Amodes.htm... At that point they can start charging fees for android's use. Google already charges partners for Google apps. Samsung is paying Google. This has always been the case with Google. Further most of those apps have been separate concerns since something like Android 1.5, and the platform is dramatically better for it (e.g. the whole fragmentation thing is far less of a concern, because the core platform shrinks to just core services, exactly as it should be).

Oletros 12y ago

If so, how AOSP still has email, camera or keyboard apps? Can you show just one service that has been pulled off from AOSP?