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Re:Blackberry might switch to Android as OS by nfoz on Friday June 12, 2015 @12:07AM (#9703993)
I understand the competitive pressures that drive us down to only a very small number of choices in the market (e.g. iphone or android, windows or mac).

What I don't understand is why so many consumers seem to want that outcome.

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Re:Blackberry might switch to Android as OS by threeseed on Friday June 12, 2015 @12:10AM (#9704006)
They don't want the outcome. It's the result of the network effect.

App developers simply can't afford or are capable of maintaining a separate code base for each OS. Especially when each OS requires very difficult skill sets.

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