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by curt15
26 days ago
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From day one, Google sought to attract customers to Android by marketing it as an "open" alternative to Apple's locked-down appliance model. Android couldn't quite compete with Apple's UI polish or battery life, but that was okay because Android sought to be a hand-held personal computer that could also make phone calls. The most important quality of personal computers, of course, is that they can run whatever software their users desire, including the users' own code. Having gained their market share, Google now pulls a bait-and-switch by quietly retreating from Android's "open" messaging and philosophy. That's too bad for Google, because a mere appliance, it's worse than iPhone in every dimension. |
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