alt Hacker NewsOne word: ecosystem. Phones are useless bricks without an ecosystem. This is why we only have 2 operating systems for portable devices when we used to have more than twice the amount.
One word: ecosystem. Phones are useless bricks without an ecosystem. This is why we only have 2 operating systems for portable devices when we used to have more than twice the amount.
Android is a massive operating system family and exists without Google Mobile Services in the OS. It's entirely possible to turn things around in terms of Google gradually taking more control from OEMs and squeezing out competition.