Apple makes a nice system, with their OS on their hardware playing their music and running their approved apps. They then then try to make sure that you, the user, doesn't mess up THEIR phone.
Google says "here's a ton of cool shit for YOUR phone. Do whatever you want with it, but here are some of the cool things you can do."
Of course Steve Jobs has a suggestion:
"People who want to see stuff like that [porn] should get an Android phone." - Steve Jobs
Google, HTC, and the other companies that work with Android haven't commented about what content you view because they think it's YOUR phone to use however you see fit.
Some people really like Apple's box. I prefer not to be stuck in a box. For example, hardware. With Apple, there's one hardware choice, take it or leave it. With Android, there are hundreds of options for hardware. You can choose one with a faster processor, more memory, lower price, brighter screen, whatever you want. Apple - you get the processor they say, the screen they say, etc. Some people like Apple's choices or still feel that's the "in" thing. Others like the freedom to choose.
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Originally Posted by pornopete
I don't see how this is a benefit. If anything this is a hindrance, I'd rather use software that a company stands behind than an open source
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And to your mind Google and HTC don't qualify as companies.
You're someone who prefers proprietary rather than own source. That's cool.
So presumably rather than a server system such as Linux or FreeBSD your site runs from a Windows desktop. Cool. I suppose you'd never use Wordpress because it's open source so rather than one company behind it there are thousands of Wordpress programmers ready to serve your needs. That's cool. SOMEBODY has to keep buying FrontPage. I think Windows are good places to through Front Page out of. Different strokes for different folks.