This article highlights why I'm a fan of apple more than google. Apple is going to exert the power to control the carriers. Apple is about the only company that can, or will, exert this kind of power.
I hope google changes, and starts getting control over os installation.... But I can't see that happening.
In this case, the openness of android works against google.
As an app developer, I'm keen to put products out for android, but the combination of fragmentation and very slow adoption of latest releases by the android mass market are two of the biggest hurdles.
Apples market has little fragmentation and high hardware consistency.
But I digress. Without google imposing some licensing terms, android users are always going to have a poor os upgrade experience, it seems.
And I thin android is at risk of carriers introducing bloatware that you cannot uninstall.
I hope google changes, and starts getting control over os installation.... But I can't see that happening.
In this case, the openness of android works against google.
As an app developer, I'm keen to put products out for android, but the combination of fragmentation and very slow adoption of latest releases by the android mass market are two of the biggest hurdles.
Apples market has little fragmentation and high hardware consistency.
But I digress. Without google imposing some licensing terms, android users are always going to have a poor os upgrade experience, it seems.
And I thin android is at risk of carriers introducing bloatware that you cannot uninstall.