The thing about all these counterfactuals that people come up with for how Android should've been done is, if Google HAD done them, what would the market for sm

The thing about all these counterfactuals that people come up with for how Android should've been done is, if Google HAD done them, what would the market for smartphones looke like now? We don't know. It's possible (I think it's probably likely) that all the compromises and concessions Google made with the carriers and manufacturers are part of why Android has the market share it does. Google was playing catch-up with Apple, it's not like they had the luxury of time.