Comments from dinnerwithandroid about the state of Android:
This isn’t about Google’s way vs. Apple’s way. This is about Google having no real control over its platform, to the point where “Android” just becomes another marketing bullet point for dozens of bullshit phones in the market.
I have tried out several different Android devices: my own Droid 2, my grandfather’s Droid X, my mother’s Galaxy Tab, and just yesterday an HTC Wildfire S I was setting up for someone at work. They were all different, to the point of maddening frustration. I know how to navigate my Droid 2. That doesn’t matter for the HTC, or the tablet. Is this the price we pay for “openness”? Operating systems that look nothing alike, act nothing alike, and differ wildly in functionality and usability? I’ve had a Droid 2 for the last year or so. I haven’t had an Android. I don’t even know what that means these days.
