I guess it was to gain traction. If they pushed all of these requirements upon the OEMs then perhaps Android wouldn't have been as tempting. So now they're hav

I guess it was to gain traction. If they pushed all of these requirements upon the OEMs then perhaps Android wouldn't have been as tempting. So now they're having to lock the gate after the horse has bolted. But if you want to compare it with Windows, the early versions of Windows didn't have an automated update process in place either.