Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system | TechCrunch - eviltoast
Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and for most phone makers, there are
  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    22 days ago

    They could do a lot of things.

    The Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Pebble, and Samsung Watch have shown that attracting developers to build high quality apps for an OS is hard.

    A compatibility layer would make a lot of sense, but at that point, why bother with the new OS?

    • 7oo7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      51·
      22 days ago

      why bother with the new OS?

      So someone’s petty little sanctions don’t obliterate your business. It’s worth having a backup.