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2010-06-17 , 01:34
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#28
Originally Posted by railroadmaster View Post
Well whether we like it or not closed platforms are the future and there nothing we can do about it. Well I can't make that prediction but so far it looks like it.
You can always sit back and let apathy take its course.

how long will that last it has been criticized for not being "consumer friendly" so how long will the openness of Android lasts how long till Google closes there platform.
Being consumer friendly has nothing whatsoever to do with a platform being open or closed and everything with how the interface is designed. The default UI isn't that great, which is why HTC ported SenseUI and Motorola created MotoBlur (good or not.)

Windows Mobile used to be one of the most open platforms ever now with Windows Phone 7 Microsoft has closed there platform and made it more restrictive than the iPhone!
That's because MS only really understands closed platforms, and they see Apple's restrictive route as the way to go. I hope it fails as well.

So we either need to convince consumers not to buy products or learn to accept closed platforms. Also Symbian was never really open we all remember running Helo0X2 on Symbian to bypass "Symbian Signed" in reality Nokia phones aren't that open either.
I never gave a damn about Symbian, and the Symbian Signed crap for sure would have kept me away.