Intinya "tugas suci" android ternyata kalah juga oleh "keserakahan" operator. Alih-alih melawan operator, sekarang android malah yg paling disukai oleh operator karena justru paling banyak menyumbang.
On 11 Jan 2012, at 09:06, Amer <moamer.khad...@gmail.com> wrote: > blom baca karena bahasa linggis saya jelek. > jadi kesimpulannya borok android dan google ada hubungannya dengan open > flatform itu gimana om? > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Andi - leo5354 <leo5...@se-ven.net> wrote: > Google translate aja bro > Artikel ini wajib dibaca oleh mereka yg mengagungkan Android sebagai "open" > platform karena dalam artikel ini beberapa borok Android dan Google > dibeberkan secara lugas dan jelas > Nice share buat authornya karena membantu kita memandang hal dari suatu > perspektif yg jelas dan didukung fakta, bukan asal ngomong tp ngga nyambung > To work, to sweat and to struggle is the enjoyment and achievement of life > From: Andika Ikhsan <ikhsan.and...@gmail.com> > Sender: id-android@googlegroups.com > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:18:49 +0700 > To: <id-android@googlegroups.com> > ReplyTo: id-android@googlegroups.com > Subject: [id-android] WTI - Hate Android > > tadi liat twitter ada TT "Hate Android" > ternyata asalnya adalah dari artikel ini.. > http://parislemon.com/post/15604811641/why-i-hate-android > jujur bahasanya rada njelimet dan ada hubungannya sama sejarah android yg > saya sendiri ga paham.. mungkin ada yg bs ngasih penjelasan soal fakta2 yg > disebut di artikel ini? > > > HATE ANDROID > Why do I hate Android? It’s definitely one of the questions I get asked most > often these days. And most of those that don’t ask probably assume it’s > because I’m an iPhone guy. People see negative take after negative take about > the operating system and label me as “unreasonable” or “biased” or worse. > > I should probably explain. > > Believe it or not, I actually don’t hate Android. That is to say, I don’t > hate the concept of Android — in fact, at one point, I loved it. What I hate > is what Android has become. And more specifically, what Google has done with > Android. > > Let’s turn back the clock. In 2006, the mobile landscape in the United States > was almost unfathomably shitty. Motorola’s RAZR had been the top-selling > device for something ridiculous like five straight years — and the only thing > that didn’t suck about it was its physical size. The carriers completely > controlled the industry. This cannot be overstated. > > Then on January 9, 2007 — exactly 5 years ago today — Steve Jobs took the > stage at Macworld to unveil the iPhone. Six months later it was released. > While some laughed it off at the time, the mobile landscape completely > changed. > > Apple and Google were great allies at the time. They united over a common > enemy: Microsoft. Then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt was even on Apple’s board of > directors. Google was a huge part of original iPhone OS (before it was called > iOS): Google Maps, YouTube, Google Search, etc. Apple could have launched the > iPhone without Google, but it wouldn’t have been as good. And if they had to > do something like build their own maps from scratch, it would have taken > longer. > > A few months later, on November 5, 2007, Google teamed up with many of the > big players in the mobile/telecom space to announce the Open Handset > Alliance. At the time it sounded promising, but perhaps it should have been > the first warning sign. The first product of this partnership: Android. A > beta was released, but it would take almost another year before the software > was actually ready to go. > > The initial Android prototypes looked a lot like BlackBerry devices (both in > hardware and software). But the first device (the G1) and OS actually > released was more of a cross between a T-Mobile Sidekick (which Android head > Andy Rubin helped create while still a co-founder at Danger) and the iPhone > OS. > > In hindsight, Steve Jobs was clearly not happy about this and the subsequent > iPhone-ification of Android. But great artists steal, etc, etc. The only > thing I didn’t like about Android at the time was that it was a shitty copy > of the iPhone. It was something you couldn’t pay me to use. And most people > seemed to feel the same way. > > Jobs probably didn’t say much at the time because he didn’t have to. The > market was saying it. > > Time went on and it was pretty clear that despite the major players involved > in the OHA, Android wasn’t getting a lot of traction. Meanwhile, the iPhone, > after a price-cut and addition of 3G technology, was soaring. So Google did > the logical thing, they went to see Verizon, the largest U.S. carrier, and > struck a deal. > > Remember, Apple still had an agreement with AT&T for exclusive iPhone rights > in the U.S. at the time. Verizon and Google needed each other. But Google > clearly needed Verizon more. This was the first real problem. A deal with the > devil was struck. > > Let’s back up for a second. > > Even before Android’s launch, Google clearly had big dreams for the mobile > space. “Your mobile phone should be free,” Eric Schmidt told Reuters in late > 2006. He envisioned a world in which consumers didn’t have to pay for their > mobile phones — advertising (served by Google, naturally) would subsidize the > cost. And we’re not talking “free” with a two-year carrier contract. We’re > talking free free. > > In the pre-iPhone world this may have sounded like crazy-talk. But remember, > as an Apple board member and having purchased Android for Google in 2005, > Schmidt knew what was coming down the pipe. He absolutely intended to disrupt > the mobile market. > > But again, the initial releases of Android simply didn’t have the traction > needed to come close to fulfilling Schmidt’s (and Google’s) dream. So deals > with the carriers had to be made. > > Still, Google hung on to the hope of a free phone. That phone was called the > Nexus One. > > At an event in January of 2010, Google unveiled their plan for Nexus One — > the first real “Google Phone” as it were. While they were cautious and cagey > with some details, the goal seemed clear: Google intended to blow up the > carrier market (in the U.S. first) by moving phone distribution online, > flattening it in the process. The idea was that you’d go to a website and > pick the phone you wanted, then pick the carrier you wanted, pay, and you’d > be done. > > Think about this for a second. Instead of going to the store of a single > carrier and having a dozen shitty phones shoved in your face by salespeople > that made commission, you’d be in total control of the process. The end > result of consumers getting to choose their carriers (and phones and plans) > was clear: major competition and subsequently a rush of better deals from > said carriers to ensure customer activation and retention. > > Or, you could buy whatever phone you wanted unlocked. Eventually, > pay-as-you-go SIM cards would pop up in the U.S. as a result. > > This was to be the dawn of the golden age of mobile in this country. As I > wrote at the time: Apple And Google Just Tag Teamed The U.S. Carriers. I > loved it. > > But it was never meant to be. > > What should have been obvious at the time but for whatever reason wasn’t > (maybe because carrier representatives were at the event), the carriers hated > this plan. And for good reason — it was going to turn them into dumb pipes > that competed on price. There was no way they were going to let this fly, and > they didn’t. Within a few months, citing weak sales of the Nexus One, Google > scrapped their ambitious website and instead got fully in bed with the > carriers. > > But there was more. > > What no one knew at the time, and I only heard months later, was Google’s > original vision for the Nexus One. Google intended to sell it for $99 without > a contract and unlocked. Yes, a $99 unlocked phone, subsidized by Google ads. > > But the plan had one little problem: Google didn’t operate their own cellular > network. They needed Verizon or AT&T or Sprint or T-Mobile to help them out. > Google probably thought their open spectrum deal “win” in early 2008 gave > them the leverage they needed here. Sadly, it did not. > > All of the carriers laughed in Google’s face when presented with the > ambitious Nexus One plan. And given that Google had just signed the > all-important deal with Verizon, it was never going to happen. > > So instead, at the Nexus One launch we got a website where you could indeed > buy an unlocked Android phone — for $529. Nonstarter. > > Better yet, while they said they were committed at the time, Verizon and > Sprint never even got around to supporting the Nexus One at all. That’s how > much they were behind the project. > > To complicate matters further, behind the scenes, Verizon and Google were > arguing over Net Neutrality rules. Verizon was opposed, Google was in favor. > Then a funny thing happened. Google started supporting Verizon’s viewpoint on > the matter! If you’re looking for the first post where I’m really, truly, > pissed off at Google, look no further. > > It. Was. Total. Fucking. Bullshit. > > A few months later, guess what happened? Thanks to the Google/Verizon > alliance on the matter, the FCC decided the compromised vision of Net > Neutrality was just fine also. To be clear: Net Neutrality was thrown out in > the wireless space because Google sided with Verizon’s ridiculous and > horribly conflicted stance on the matter. > > The open spectrum enemy, turned Net Neutrality enemy, became Google’s bedmate > thanks to a business deal. Straight up. Greed, for lack of a better word, is > good. > > We got all of this thanks to Google’s desire for Android to take over the > world. I commented earlier that they signed a deal with the devil — I wasn’t > being facetious. They actually did! And they got away with it! > > I think about these things everyday that I see positive news about Android. > It’s so wonderful that the platform which helped cripple Net Neutrality and > is keeping the evil carriers in control is taking off. Make no mistake: > Android is now the carriers’ best friend. > > Because Google sloppily decided to do the Motorola deal (driven by the > full-on patent war, for which Apple and Microsoft, and not Google, are > largely to blame), and because the model isn’t great for all but the biggest > player, now the OEMs may be our best hope against the carrier/Android > alliance. > > Eventually, many of them will try to do their own thing (perhaps even using > Android as a base) because they’re not idiots, they see where the real money > is: controlling the entire experience. Like Apple. > > All of this backstory knowledge fuels my rage. When I see Google talk about > how “open” the platform is, setting it up as the foil to the “closed” (and > framed as “evil”) iPhone, I want to scream and rip someone’s head off. It’s > not only the most extreme example of being disingenuous that I can ever > recall seeing — it’s nuclear bullshit. > > Apple, for all the shit they get for being “closed” and “evil”, has actually > done far more to wrestle control back from the carriers and put it into the > hands of consumers. Google set off to help in this goal, then stabbed us all > in the back and went the complete other way, to the side of the carriers. And > because they smiled the entire time they were doing it and fed us this “open” > bullshit, we thanked them for it. We’re still thanking them for it! > > When you think about it in the context of this election season we’re > entering, it’s a brilliant political maneuver that Google has pulled off with > Android. They’ve taken something they’ve done that’s actually bad for us and > spun it in such a way that most people actually buy into it being good for us. > > And for the carriers, Android is the best thing ever because it’s the new > “opiate for the masses”. Everything shitty they’re doing is great because > they’re doing it with Android — at least it’s not iOS. What a load of > horseshit. > > I realize that the Android team at Google has a lot of good people doing > great work. I know some of them. I respect them. But I cannot respect their > decision to continue to work on this platform that perpetuates our > imprisonment. I have to believe most simply chose not to think about these > things. But they should. They really should. > > There’s no denying that there are upsides to open — a lot of them. But in the > case of Android, “open” has been hijacked and wildly contorted so as to mask > the shady side of what’s really been going on. And it’s working. > > So that, ladies and gentleman, is why I hate Android. It has nothing to do > with the actual product (which continues to improve every year and is quite > good now). It has to do with a promise that was broken and swept under the > rug. > > As crazy as it may sound to some of you, beyond a full OEM revolt (which > could ultimately benefit the carriers as well), our hope now lies with Apple > and Microsoft. > > Apple, because they put the consumer first and have proven time and time > again that they will not bend to carrier bullshit and will often work against > them behind the scenes. And they control the all-important Apple stores for > distribution (and, of course, the App Store). > > Microsoft, because they have a model (many handsets on all carriers) that can > potentially scale better than Apple’s can while still giving control (mostly) > to the users. And they have Nokia on board with their plan. And they have > intersections with products like Xbox. (Though it may be too late in the U.S.) > > Perhaps more people will relate to this: I hate Android for the same reason > that Severus Snape hates Harry Potter — the very sight reminds me of > something so beautiful, that was taken. Except it’s worse. 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