Saya benci android...karena racunnya kuat sekaliiiii..... On Jan 11, 2012 12:46 PM, "Amurwo Wikan" <amurwowikandr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Saya benci android... buat saya kecanduan... > *benci = benar-benar cinta :D > > Sent from Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich CyanogenMod-9 > On Jan 11, 2012 1:04 AM, "Andika Ikhsan" <ikhsan.and...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXq9NTjEdTo>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<http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wild?tag=gadgetsandroidhardwareinthewild>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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_%28company%29>) >> and the iPhone OS. >> >> In hindsight, Steve Jobs was clearly not happy about >> this<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/steve-jobs-android-a-stolen-product/61504>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<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33192558/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/verizon-google-android-partnership/#.Twuk997uYug> >> . >> >> 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<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15700344/>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<http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/05/apple-google-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<http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/10/google-nexus-one/>, >> 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”<http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/20/did-google-trick-verizon-into-spending-billions-for-a-spectrum-auction-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.<http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/13/google-net-neutrality/> >> >> 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<http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/21/verizon-google-fcc-net-neutrality/>. >> 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 <http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/09/vesper/>, 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<http://parislemon.com/post/15418182445/one-out-of-three-aint-bad>, >> 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<http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/09/android-open/>, >> 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 <http://parislemon.com/post/15200195253/clopen>”. >> 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 <http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/26/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<http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/iphone-galaxy-nexus-review/>). >> 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.<http://parislemon.com/post/14840209963/the-windows-phone-problem-in-three-words-way-too-late> >> ) >> >> 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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