> Other companies using Google's incredible R&D spend and selling phones that use it is not Google's failing
replyOn the contrary. I disagree.
It's possible to build something so successful and difficult that it rises to the level of public utility.
Why not say that Samsung's phone manufacturing is a public utility? That's successful and difficult.
replySamsung is, as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, one among many. Like Dell. It's different in kind, not in degree.
replyIf you make that comparison you clearly don't understand the point being brought up by others here. Which is fine. I'm not going to convince you, I'm just informing you how I'll be voting.
> They all have app stores disconnected from Google's app store
replyNo they don't. Certainly not ones where my bank app or Netflix is. This is being obtuse on purpose.
> No they don't.
replyYes. They do.
> Certainly not ones where my bank app or Netflix is.
Blaming Google for this is just insanity.
> This is being obtuse on purpose.
Agreed.