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From: znu@fake.invalid
In article ,
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message , ZnU wrote:
>
> > The same [crapware] nonsense [as with Windows] is starting to happen with
> > some Android phones.
>
> That seems to be true to some extent. However, one important difference is
> that Android is Free Software, which means you can get a non-crapware-laden
> copy from other sources and install that on your device. Unlike Windows,
> where you have to pay a substantial premium to get an uncrippled “retail”
> copy (as opposed to the limited, cut-price “OEM” copy that everybody gets
> with their machines).
>
> So I think Android customers will not exhibit quite the same sheeplike level
> of behaviour with regard to crapware that we’ve seen with Windows
customers.
While you can theoretically install a 'clean' Android system on your
phone, some vendors go out of their way to make it annoying, and it's
not something that's super accessible to regular end users -- or that
they even know about for the most part, probably. So, this might allow
enthusiasts to get themselves a better user experience, but most people
are just going to end up suffering from whatever shoddy design decisions
the handset vendor makes.
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