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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by dzhiurgis on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @05:48PM (#11575987)
The fact that you can load anything outside App store means a lot for advanced users. And I am not talking from OSS perspective.

Besides, where have you seen OSS services? It doesn't even make sense.

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by devsquid on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:20PM (#11577163)
Yea exactly its one of the reasons why I love Android so much.

Also the argument that Android isn't actually OSS argument is dumb. If it was closed source how have other companies forked it and successfully released their own variants? It doesn't make sense.

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by madeofpalk on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:51PM (#11577283)
"Forked it and successfully released their own variants" is a stretch (Amazon Fire Phone), especially when Google specifically prohibits vendors that get access to Google Play to fork Android.
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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by devsquid on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @10:09PM (#11577354)
The fire tablets are very successful. There are a few successful forks in China. There are tons of fan built versions. Thats not a stretch.

Google restrict OEMs from forking, is certainly shitty. But its also a smart business tactic and I hope Google gets more restrictive around letting OEMs use their flavor of Android. Since it leads to a more cohesive experience surrounding Android.

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by glenndebacker on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:53AM (#11578094)
Sideloading is supported since iOS9. Granted it is not that easy as installing an APK.
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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by devsquid on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @07:13PM (#11585374)
What? Are you referring to how you can compiling and run apps if you have a developers account?
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