Who isn't scared to fork Android? Who else can make an Android App Store? How much else that's essential is really missing from AOSP?
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Replying to @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans not much. And there is way less of an App Store problem given intermediary services that publish in all1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @benthompson
@monkbent@BenedictEvans The existence of intermediary services is insufficient. You need a significant fraction of devs to use them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @__MarkW__
@__MarkW__@BenedictEvans and if Samsung, with 1/3 of the world's smartphones, were one of the endpoints?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benthompson
@monkbent@BenedictEvans Samsung are REALLY bad at software though. They need Google to do it for them. Co-dependent right now.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @__MarkW__
@__MarkW__@BenedictEvans agree. But people saying it’s a one-sided relationship 100% in Google’s favor are mistaken1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benthompson
@monkbent@BenedictEvans Clueless. With Nokia almost gone I doubt everyone else could even produce enough units to meet demand collectively…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @__MarkW__
@monkbent@BenedictEvans …supply chain, logistics, distribution. No-one else has the scale. Maybe Lenovo could ramp up fast?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @__MarkW__
@monkbent@BenedictEvans However with their "keep Google honest" efforts at Tizen, Samung are only managing to prove how much they need them1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@__MarkW__ @BenedictEvans Tizen was stupid in that regard. They should have released an aosp phone just for fun…
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