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macspoofing on June 12, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blackberry might switch to Android as OS

>Why spend millions on an OS to be at the whim of someone else?

Because they can't beat iOS and Android. And they can't out-market and out-spend Microsoft for #3. So what's left?

on_and_off on June 15, 2015 [–]

Leaving the OS/hardware market and focus on services.

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