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Re:Samsung’s biggest challenge now is Google software, not A... by jessriedel on Saturday April 01, 2017 @11:31PM (#14015609)
As spivak noted, the question I asked isn't why people buy Samsung phones, it's why Samsung bothers with apps.
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Re:Samsung’s biggest challenge now is Google software, not A... by sangnoir on Sunday April 02, 2017 @01:23PM (#14017973)
I'm sure the apps are for leverage when negotiating with Google and/or Samsung harbors intentions to leave the Android ecosystem at some point, go Tizen-only and capture all the value up and down the vertical.

I can understand why Samsung finds the idea alluring, I'm not sure if they can successfully nurture a 3rd mobile OS in a brutally competitive field where Microsoft/Nokia and BlackBerry failed.

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