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Do you really believe the things you write? How the heck is OHA an illegal trust?

by Oletros 12y ago

ocdtrekkie 12y ago
The OHA is basically an agreement between almost every major manufacturer in the industry to not compete on software, which is the majority of the industry's featureset. Additionally, while OEMs actively advertise against iPhone, none of them have ever made ads against each other. The OHA is, at it's core, an agreement of a whole industry to not compete with Google or each other.
- Oletros 12y ago
  No it is impossible that you believe that nonsense
  - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
    I recognize your name. I've surely encountered your brand of fanboyism on HN before.
    - Oletros 12y ago
      Please, don't project your personality on others
    - prapam2 12y ago
      Your trolling has ruined this thread of a lively debate.
      - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
        Actually, what's funny is I've gotten almost an identical number of upvotes as downvotes on this issue. Really, you're just a fanboy, who believes everything that doesn't suit your worldview is a troll. :) It's also interesting, because it speaks to HN's karma system as less of a measure of comment quality, and more of a measure of whether or not your opinion is popular. (Or in my case, just controversial.)
        dang 12y ago
        Personal attacks are out of line on HN. You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly. Please read and follow them. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  Right. Why don't we see Android forks? Because if you dare ever make one, you are kicked out of the OHA. And if you're kicked out of the OHA, you can't make phones with normal Android and its Play Store. This is why it was so hard for Amazon to find a manufacturer for the Kindle Fire. Nobody wanted to be kicked out of the OHA. Luckily, they did find someone who wasn't already making Android phones.
  - Oletros 12y ago
    Foxconn is member of the OHA
    - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
      Which would be relevant if Foxconn made the Kindle Fire. :) https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kindle+Fire+manufacturer&pc=MOZI&form=MOZSBR https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kindle+Fire+manufacturer&pc=MO...
      - Oletros 12y ago
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Phone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Phone Perhaps you have to give better term to Bing!
        ocdtrekkie 12y ago
        Clearly, you also did not read the comment you were responding to, because it was not about the Fire Phone. :) That being said, it is interesting that Foxconn built the Fire Phone.
        TheDong 12y ago
        not Foxconn, it was a subsidary of Foxconn who built the phone for a subsidary of Amazon, thereby working around the OHA restrictions :) They didn't really try to hide it, but they did the motions of some shell companies at least so they were maybe technically in the clear if you squinted enough.

Do you really believe the things you write? How the heck is OHA an illegal trust?

by Oletros 12y ago

Do you really believe the things you write? How the heck is OHA an illegal trust?

The OHA is basically an agreement between almost every major manufacturer in the industry to not compete on software, which is the majority of the industry's featureset. Additionally, while OEMs actively advertise against iPhone, none of them have ever made ads against each other. The OHA is, at it's core, an agreement of a whole industry to not compete with Google or each other.

Oletros 12y ago
No it is impossible that you believe that nonsense
- ocdtrekkie 12y ago
  I recognize your name. I've surely encountered your brand of fanboyism on HN before.
  - Oletros 12y ago
    Please, don't project your personality on others
  - prapam2 12y ago
    Your trolling has ruined this thread of a lively debate.
    - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
      Actually, what's funny is I've gotten almost an identical number of upvotes as downvotes on this issue. Really, you're just a fanboy, who believes everything that doesn't suit your worldview is a troll. :) It's also interesting, because it speaks to HN's karma system as less of a measure of comment quality, and more of a measure of whether or not your opinion is popular. (Or in my case, just controversial.)
      - dang 12y ago
        Personal attacks are out of line on HN. You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly. Please read and follow them. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
Right. Why don't we see Android forks? Because if you dare ever make one, you are kicked out of the OHA. And if you're kicked out of the OHA, you can't make phones with normal Android and its Play Store. This is why it was so hard for Amazon to find a manufacturer for the Kindle Fire. Nobody wanted to be kicked out of the OHA. Luckily, they did find someone who wasn't already making Android phones.
- Oletros 12y ago
  Foxconn is member of the OHA
  - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
    Which would be relevant if Foxconn made the Kindle Fire. :) https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kindle+Fire+manufacturer&pc=MOZI&form=MOZSBR https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kindle+Fire+manufacturer&pc=MO...
    - Oletros 12y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Phone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Phone Perhaps you have to give better term to Bing!
      - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
        Clearly, you also did not read the comment you were responding to, because it was not about the Fire Phone. :) That being said, it is interesting that Foxconn built the Fire Phone.
        TheDong 12y ago
        not Foxconn, it was a subsidary of Foxconn who built the phone for a subsidary of Amazon, thereby working around the OHA restrictions :) They didn't really try to hide it, but they did the motions of some shell companies at least so they were maybe technically in the clear if you squinted enough.