#Techexcellence Apple WWDC 2014 thread
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The common user doesn't know what the hell a ROM is. There are millions of these phones out there cut off from Kit Kat and all the necessary fixes. Google needs to do something. All these carriers and OEMs care about is pushing the next new phone and as Google puts out a new version of Android almost every 6 or so months its a problem."B b bb but we can flash ROMS"
This isn't even touching all these middle tier and low end Android phones that probably don't even get a single update.
Android is an open-sourced OS. Fragmentation is gonna happen. The plus is the innovation and freedom allowed through the OS is a great asset to development and growth.
If everything was like Apple and Microsoft you guys would really have something to complain about.
If everything was like Apple and Microsoft you guys would really have something to complain about.
So iOS is still playing catch up. Now you can change your keyboard! 
The fragmentation is due to corporate greed not it being open source. They'd rather sell the next version of their phone than update all the previous versions to the latest Android. Realistically if they updated the older devices many people would lose the incentive to upgrade to a new phone because the end user experience wouldn't change as much.
It's their decision though, that's what I'm saying. No matter if it's a corporation or a single user. Anybody can download AOSP today and put it on their phone. Instant fragmentation (sort of).
Apple would be the same way if they opened up iOS. I never thought it was really a valid argument. I always thought the best part about iOS was the fact that everything was uniform from the apps, settings, and main interface. That's something Android will never accomplish.
But worrying about if your phone's not getting a timely update when it has to go through carriers, corporations, and different networks is just gonna have to be the case unless Google closes Android up.
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Do you know what an API is?
Look at this typical Android peasant. Using peasant lagging OS cause he doesn't have money and taste. At the same time pretending he is using Android cause he is an "advanced user" and getting "more phone for less money".
Still doesn't know what the fukk API is.
Android peasants.
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Lets be honest. Android is easily the laggiest of all the mobile OS's but is definitely the most capable. This announcement is nothing more than an acknowledgement that ios needs to be more like Android.
So I hear