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I'm ambivalent on closed tlds and against closing generic-sounding ones but what does this have to do with the open web? It's no different from owning a regular
by blfr 12y ago
I'm ambivalent on closed tlds and against closing generic-sounding ones but what does this have to do with the open web? It's no different from owning a regular domain, just one level up.
How did OP go from owning a tld to North Korea? And what's with the excessive use of quotes? In particular, it's pretty clear what "open" means when applied to Android: https://source.android.com/source/downloading.html https://source.android.com/source/downloading.html
- scott_karana 12y agoWhile Android is technically open (AOSP), phones don't run just AOSP. Not even the Nexus ones. Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't support the Google Play Store and their other proprietary apps. "Runs on Android" in an advert does not mean "Runs on AOSP". More open than iOS? Sure. As open as Linux? HTTP? Don't make me laugh.
- dublinben 12y agoThis is a perfectly valid point. Not even a single Nexus device[0] can run pure AOSP without relying on proprietary firmware for graphics and networking. [0]http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Replican...
- nileshtrivedi 12y ago> Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't support the Google Play Store and their other proprietary apps. This is exactly what Amazon does though.
- happycube 12y ago... more like "offering" than "selling", given the massive writedown on Fire Phones.
- Oletros 12y ago> Good luck selling a phone running "Android" if it doesn't support the Google Play Store and their other proprietary apps. Like the millions sold on China, India and the rest of Asia?
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoGoogle Play isn't available in China.
- Oletros 12y agoAvailable or not, the OP stated that it is very difficult to sold Android devices without Google services