You really hit the nail on the head with this post. I still like the polish iOS, but Apple proves that there is indeed such a moral hazard when one vendor is controlling everything.
What I'd like to see the mobile space into is some kind of 'commodity era' like with the PC:
Apps
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Appstore <- Each OS has its default appstore but others can be installed
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OS <- can be licenced with no strings attached to device. When you buy a new handset you will be asked "would like Android or Windows or XYZ?
I wonder whether there is any market pressure into such a standardization. Why did IBM create PC as an industry standard back then, was it for licensing value? Couldn't this be an interesting model for someone like Texas Instruments or Nokia nowadays? (Player in non dominant position with stakes and experience in the hardware business).
What I'd like to see the mobile space into is some kind of 'commodity era' like with the PC:
Apps
====
Appstore <- Each OS has its default appstore but others can be installed
====
OS <- can be licenced with no strings attached to device. When you buy a new handset you will be asked "would like Android or Windows or XYZ?
I wonder whether there is any market pressure into such a standardization. Why did IBM create PC as an industry standard back then, was it for licensing value? Couldn't this be an interesting model for someone like Texas Instruments or Nokia nowadays? (Player in non dominant position with stakes and experience in the hardware business).