> It's hard for me to imagine the "killer app" that can't be done on a platform that has a completely open web browser and a locked-down app store.
If not, you'd be building it.
> I guess what I'm saying is just this: all the cries of "software freedom!!" as though it were a revolutionary political struggle ring hollow to me.
You're not hearing those cries from me. I mean, I do appreciate software freedom, and that why I chose the Android device, but I'm not crying it. I'm merely arguing that in the long run, the free device will win. Not free in the way that Linux is and Windows isn't, but "I can run what I want"-free. And I think that's the essence of Brays argument, too.
I don't think Apple is particularly evil (except for the patent-trolling), I just don't think their walled garden strategy is going to win in the long run, and definitely not in the end-all be-all manner that we see from the most hardcore fans.
So Google Voice isn't the killer app. ScummVM isn't. But by the time you're going to replace your iPhone, and the list is up to 15 such apps, and if there's a high quality Android handset that's even $100 cheaper, you might pick that.
That's how I think Android will win. The boobs-argument is good, too, though :)
If not, you'd be building it.
> I guess what I'm saying is just this: all the cries of "software freedom!!" as though it were a revolutionary political struggle ring hollow to me.
You're not hearing those cries from me. I mean, I do appreciate software freedom, and that why I chose the Android device, but I'm not crying it. I'm merely arguing that in the long run, the free device will win. Not free in the way that Linux is and Windows isn't, but "I can run what I want"-free. And I think that's the essence of Brays argument, too.
I don't think Apple is particularly evil (except for the patent-trolling), I just don't think their walled garden strategy is going to win in the long run, and definitely not in the end-all be-all manner that we see from the most hardcore fans.
So Google Voice isn't the killer app. ScummVM isn't. But by the time you're going to replace your iPhone, and the list is up to 15 such apps, and if there's a high quality Android handset that's even $100 cheaper, you might pick that.
That's how I think Android will win. The boobs-argument is good, too, though :)