XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2011-01-04, Hadron  wrote:   
   > ZnU  writes:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In message , ZnU wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> > In article ,   
   >>> >  Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>> >   
   >>> >> Apple’s phones have already been knocked off the top of the heap   
   by   
   >>> >> Android.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > It's a category error to compare "Apple's phones" to "Android".   
   >>>   
   >>> Feel free to include the Ipad as well, it won’t make much   
   difference. :)   
   >>   
   >> Don't forget iPod Touch. iPad + iPod Touch actually make a pretty big   
   >> difference.   
   >>   
   >> But even comparing iOS to Android in terms of Android device sales vs.   
   >> iOS device sales (avoiding the category error) isn't all that   
   >> meaningful. Apple and Google are pursuing almost entirely different   
   >> business models, to such an extent that it's mostly nonsense to try to   
   >> declare a 'winner' between the two. For Google, Android is a tool to   
   >> sell ads. For Apple, iOS is a tool to sell devices. Each approach can be   
   >> successful on its own terms. This isn't the zero-sum game a lot of   
   >> analysis try to make it out to be.   
   >   
   >   
   > Ooo... nice troll there.   
   >   
   > But so very true.   
   >   
   > Ads are a real issue with a huge proportion of Android Market apps.   
      
       Ads are a blight on mobile devices in general.   
      
       It's one of the big annoying thing about the whole walled garden nonsense.   
      
   --   
        The difference between a monopoly and a "market leader" is       |||   
        that you can simply ignore a "market leader" and be no worse    / | \   
        for it.   
      
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