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by Apple-Guy 5287 days ago
So, WebOS programs is suppose to work on Windows Phone Nintendo games are suppose to work on Sony Playstation? Using your own words, Android "got customers by their balls in a way that Microsoft only dreams of" because Android Market doesn't work on a Dell.
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bad_user 5287 days ago
No, my point is that web apps are working everywhere - Android, iOS, WebOS, Windows, OS X, Samsung Bada, Symbian. The experience suffers, but they do work everywhere and it's a huge market outside of iTunes that's waiting to be taken advantage of.

     Using your own words, Android "got customers by 
     their balls in a way that Microsoft only dreams of"
     because Android Market doesn't work on a Dell.
Those weren't my words. However Google doesn't have the same lock-in with Android simply because Android customers can install software from third-party sources. And Microsoft would have never been capable of banning apps (like Firefox) from their platform because it duplicates existing functionality. Apple may have relaxed the rules of administer lately, but it's still a closed garden that even Microsoft wasn't able to pull off.
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