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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
As for the Linux kernel, Dalvik (and sometimes Launcher, depending on the device) which comprise Android itself, the source code is there and ready for them and it's up to each device manufacturer to gussy it up like a whore before releasing it to the audience for a song and dance. In most cases, they're slow to roll out because they're being meticulous with their code review but I'm betting that as time goes on, there'll be less and less gussying up by carriers because it both ruins the experience for users and also causes the carriers to spend lots of time and money to customize. Vote with your dollars, and you'll see more carriers doing whatever brings in the cash more often. (Which is why I didn't buy back into Maemo this time around... I'm still waiting to see if Nokia improves things or just repeats their mistakes.)
Also, I should have pointed out that this was also the reason why I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab, this time, instead of waiting for Motorola's new tablet. Motorola's increasingly tightening grip and exclusion of the community prompted me to instead to "vote with my dollars" toward a brand that seems to be moving increasingly toward opening up to open-source development and welcomes rooting and modding. Motorola may have brought me in, but they lost me as a customer once they began locking down their units. Untethering Google's closed-source apps from the operating system was an excellent step, on Google's part, to give users the best of what they want out of their operating system independent of the version of operating system they're running. The differences are now mainly reliant on the hardware manufacturers and carriers--and those purchasing decisions are something that anybody can ultimately control regardless of their technical aptitude.
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