No need to apologize man. I was just stating that stats like that are inherently skewed...
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I have never posted here before, but I have been reading the debate, and would just like to add in favor of the petition that it sounds like google may step into the free my android water. My Droid World, posted a story about how google is becoming a little weary of the cell phone companies ruining the android reputation. The article talked about the comparisons of Android to Apple and how a lot of people have switched to android for the freedom. Android is not tied to a computer program for everything, but if moto or other phone providing companies had a full say, we probably would be. I am taking about crappy Itunes. I have high hopes and hope google will uphold the reputation and tells moto and all other phone companies to stick it and give the people of android what they deserve, THEIR CELLPHONES!!
I want to comment on this. Now I admit, I didn't read this MDW article, nor do I plan to because I already know it's just the ramblings of someone who thinks they know what Google wants. I trust the official source always, and not some guy on a droid-centric website just ranting about stuff.
First, Google knows and encourages what the manufacturers are doing. I'll never understand why people think Google is backed into a corner, shivering and scared going "what do we do now??? these OEMs are outta control!!! They're destroying the android reputation!!!!"...that is not the case, at all. Google is fine with what the manufacturers are doing, and the manufacturers cant just put out a device that violates the Android license and Google just sits there going "oh well, that sucks, we can't do anything...
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Here is an official source:
Android Developers Blog: I think I’m having a Gene Amdahl moment (http://goo.gl/7v4kf) That's the VP of engineering for Google posting that btw, pretty sure he's a better indication of what Google thinks then some guy named scrub on a site called mydroidworld.com. A quote from Rubin's blog post: "
Our approach remains unchanged: there are no lock-downs or restrictions against customizing UIs. There are not, and never have been, any efforts to standardize the platform on any single chipset architecture." In other words, OEMs can do whatever they want to the software, provided they meet the basic guidelines, which everyone does and which Google has to approve.
He clearly states that he has no issue with what the manufacturers are doing, and also that all manufacturers must adhere to certain guidelines. As long as they do that, they are free to do whatever they want, however they want to the OS and to their device (including locking bootloaders to protect their changes to the source).
I know that you're just passing on what you read, man, but seriously, the misinformation has to stop. Google is not in some precarious situation where they're trying their best to deliver the ultimate android experience and they are fighting for the user's rights and the OEMs are laughing in their face.
It's ridiculous that people think that Google is some kind of superhero avenger company that only cares about its customers and is too scared to stop these evil OEMs from destroying the Android OS.
People need to stop using MDW, Android-central, DF and other droid-centric sites as their soapbox for how they think Google feels and then pass it along as fact to everyone else. It just makes the sites look foolish when they print or allow such things to be posted. I understand that there shouldn't be censoring of posts, but a little research goes a long way. Google is not some victim here, who just wanted to make people happy and let them skip holding hands through a meadow, when suddenly Motorola or HTC or Samsung came out of nowhere and just destroyed open source or something...
The hero worship extends beyond just the devs and also to Google as some infallible, philanthropic company who would do anything to convince these horrific manufacturers to uphold the Android credo, but have failed so far.
Reality check: Google is fine with the state of android, and is not going to force OEMs to change anything, nor have they lost control, nor are they in some bind where they don't know what to do because the OEMs won't listen to them and just knowingly violate the android license. The truth is while Google is a great company, at the end of the day they are just that: a company. And their goal is money, and they're making plenty of it with Android. The execs are not sitting in their boardrooms huddled together and rocking back and forth crying about the state of android...
