XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-12-26, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > In message , ZnU wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Sure. But don’t discount the peer-envy effect: non-geek sees geek with   
   > identical-model Android phone doing something extra: “Hey, how can I do   
   > that?” And geek points non-geek at online instructions for adding same,   
      
   ...I see that with MythTV of all things.   
      
   > without having to spend money on another copy of the OS.   
   >   
   > I think that will make the difference.   
      
      
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