In what’s being spun as Google taking control of its mobile operating system, the company has allegedly put carriers and manufacturers on notice: no more screwing with the Android experience. If you do, you stand to be cut out of “most favored nation” status, which may lead to delays in Android updates (hard to imagine that getting worse) or possible exclusion from Android’s early-access program entirely, a dick move that would essentially render an Android device (more) DOA in a market where product turns over every month. Because the rhetoric seemed to work so well for Apple – even though its the antithesis of the “open source” talking point Andy Rubin has been chatting up – the move is designed to protect consumers against fragmentation. But Android is all about “open”. Unless you’re a tablet maker. Or a phone maker/carrier who doesn’t play ball by Mountain View’s rules. Continue reading »
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