On: Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open so...

[gibwell]

Saying 'iOS is more closed' doesn't make Android meaningfully open.

[icebraining → gibwell]

What about the fact that competitors are using the OS without so much as asking Google?

[hahainternet → gibwell]

The fact that I can download and build Android is what makes it meaningfully open.

[nailer → hahainternet]

Can you sent me a link to the current HEAD?

[gibwell → hahainternet]

You can't download and build what consumers think of as Android.

[myko → gibwell]

Right. Being able to fork the OS and release devices like the Kindle Fire do make Android meangingfully open.

Saying 'iOS is more closed' is just obvious.