A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps

Re:A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps by r00fus on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:14PM (#4586609)

You don't think Android 1.0, 1.6, 2.1, and 2.2 weren't a beta test of sorts? There wasn't even a software keyboard for a year after Android showed up.

iOS maps is in the same position that AndroidOS was in a year or two after the iPhone appeared. Substandard in comparison, largely functional with big gaps, but an expectation of quick improvement.

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Re:A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps by css771 on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:49PM (#4588182)

Google does not "sell" Android to you. It's free for anyone to use. Take it up with the OEMs.

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Re:A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps by josephlord on Saturday September 29, 2012 @07:05AM (#4589261)

You are right they don't "sell" Android to you they enter commercial agreements with manufacturers to provide them with Android enabled with Google Services imposing significant conditions on them.

Then they sell you and your data to advertisers.

I'd rather pay for something than be sold.

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