So at the moment Apple hold the 1st place in mobile OS marketshare, I feel the unfortunate thing that will happen as marketshare drops Google will slowly move to supporting projects other than android, and eventually drop support entirely and focus on making better iOS apps, Device makers will start making their own operating systems with tighter locked down appstores in order compete with iOS, we already see this with Amazon planning to switch to a linux based OS in future fire devices.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 month ago

    While posible, don’t forget about the pixel series, Google dipped into hardware. So at least for a good bit they are going to stay the course. Chromebooks are a cousin of android and is something I bet they have support contracts via education for years to come.

    Though it’s Google so it’s posible

    • Deebster
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      21 month ago

      What connection do Chromebooks have to Android? I thought ChromiumOS was based on Gentoo Linux.

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        61 month ago

        A bit of the selling point for the chromebooks is that it can run a lot of stuff from the playstore. Why called it a cousin.

        • Deebster
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          21 month ago

          Ah, I didn’t know that - thanks

    • @[email protected]
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      -11 month ago

      I don’t think Pixel phones or Chromebooks are very profitable. It’s all about getting people deeper into the ecosystem.