Comment by Danox
4 hours ago
Not going to happen Google is satisfied with its position because they are basically at the end of the day a ad company that is their priority.
4 hours ago
Not going to happen Google is satisfied with its position because they are basically at the end of the day a ad company that is their priority.
That's not the problem whatsoever. Android is ultimately a FOSS project, so Google can't force anyone to do anything.
Better support for variable form factors wouldn’t force anyone to do anything. It would incentivise them to use that support.
Danox is just saying (IMHO) that Google can’t be bothered because they don’t need Android to be good, they just need it to be good enough to continue existing.
It might, but if you look at other AOSP features in that vein (split-screen multitasking, popout volume sliders, standard dialer app) they're all largely ignored by downstream OEM Android ROMs. I wish that wasn't the case, but it's also clear why this happens.
Google has led many horses to this spring, only to watch Samsung ship some godawful monstrosity and refuse to drink. It's part of Android's identity, not Google's.