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DrewNaylor@mastodon.online

Drew Naylor

Android isn't dominant because it's good. It's dominant because it makes Google big money.

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fell@ma.fellr.net

Fell

Reply to @DrewNaylor@mastodon.online

@DrewNaylor It used to be good. I fact, any product only has to be good in its very early stages. After it gained a sufficient user base, it can be as shitty as it wants. Most people simply never switch, anything, ever. People hate change.

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DrewNaylor@mastodon.online

Drew Naylor

Reply to @fell@ma.fellr.net

@fell If it was truly good way back then, Google shouldn't have been afraid of Windows Phone stealing its users from Android and successfully sabotaging it by refusing to let it have its apps and blocking the non-HTML5 YouTube app that was otherwise allowed on iOS and Android, partially causing it to fail.

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fell@ma.fellr.net

Fell

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@DrewNaylor I think Windows Phone (the OS itself) wasn't bad either from a technical standpoint. It was just the app ecosystem and... well... Microsoft.

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pavel

Pavel Machek

Reply to @fell@ma.fellr.net
@fell @DrewNaylor Regulations, carriers and monopolies mean that phones are not exactly "free market" situation :-(.
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fell@ma.fellr.net

Fell

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@pavel @DrewNaylor What if we made it a law that you must sell a device and an operating system separately?

People would buy the Android OS from one ventor and a compatible phone from another. This would surely stir up the market a bit, wouldn't it?

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pavel

Pavel Machek

Reply to @fell@ma.fellr.net
@fell @DrewNaylor Such law would be very hard to pass, and would be quite tricky for phone/software companies, too. Yes, it would stir market a bit, including banning feature phones.

So.. no sure it would be good idea.
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DrewNaylor@mastodon.online

Drew Naylor

Reply to @pavel

@pavel Now that I think about that, yeah I can see how it would be a problem. Maybe a solution would be that companies have to sell a certain portion of their devices with OS choices if they make above a certain amount of money and sell smartphones or something.

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