Re:Google admits Android 'both open and closed'
by michaelpinto on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @05:12PM
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I hate to say it, but if it makes it easier to develop and support apps I wouldn't mind it if Android is closed. It just strikes me that there is too much fragmentation in the market, and since Google isn't doing their own phone they need to control what's out there.
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Re:Google admits Android 'both open and closed'
by orangecat on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @05:33PM
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if it makes it easier to develop and support apps I wouldn't mind it if Android is closed
That would only make things worse. Fragmentation is caused by the incompetence and/or malice of manufacturers and carriers, and they're going to have the source regardless of whether it's publicly available. All closing the source would do is shut down projects like CyanogenMod, which reduce fragmentation by bringing current Android versions to more devices.