Andy Rubin Steps Down as Head of Android, Takes on New Role at Google

roxxette · Mar 13, 2013

Glideslope said:
Andy Rubin. AKA, corrupt, thieving, lying, stool Pidgin.

Thermonuclear Andy, Thermonuclear.

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Nice.

Stop making a fool of yourself

OLDCODGER · Mar 13, 2013

Question for the know-it-alls out there

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If I buy an unlocked Samsung phone, install my own sim card, and do not sign up to Google, is it "activated" in Google's eyes?

Oletros · Mar 13, 2013

OLDCODGER said:
Question for the know-it-alls out there ,

If I buy an unlocked Samsung phone, install my own sim card, and do not sign up to Google, is it "activated" in Google's eyes?

No

0dev · Mar 13, 2013

So many people hating on Andy. What did he do, sleep with your wives?

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OLDCODGER said:
Question for the know-it-alls out there ,

If I buy an unlocked Samsung phone, install my own sim card, and do not sign up to Google, is it "activated" in Google's eyes?

If you set up any Android phone which comes with Google apps (as Samsungs of course do) then as far as I know that counts. It only doesn't count if it's an Android device without Google apps, such as the Kindle Fire.

Oletros · Mar 13, 2013

0dev said:
So many people hating on Andy. What did he do, sleep with your wives?

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If you set up any Android phone which comes with Google apps (as Samsungs of course do) then as far as I know that counts. It only doesn't count if it's an Android device without Google apps, such as the Kindle Fire.

If you don't setup a google account it doesn't call home

0dev · Mar 13, 2013

Oletros said:
If you don't setup a google account it doesn't call home

That information comes from an unverified source who claims to be inside Google so there's no way of knowing whether or not that's true. Google hasn't released any official statement to this effect.

qevlhma · Mar 13, 2013

I have worked with him before. He is a horrible horrible person.

Oletros · Mar 13, 2013

qevlhma said:
I have worked with him before. He is a horrible horrible person.

And he kills puppies

OLDCODGER · Mar 13, 2013

Oletros said:
If you don't setup a google account it doesn't call home

Thank you for the reply.

There are four Samsung phones in the house, with none of them signed on to Google. I wonder how many such "non-activated" Android phones are out in the wild.

iPhones, on the other hand, are rather pointless without activation.

a0me · Mar 13, 2013

MacRumors said:
In his post, Page also shares some new Android statistics, revealing that over 750 million Android devices have been activated worldwide and that over 25 billion apps have been downloaded from the Google Play marketplace.

It would be interesting to compare these numbers (average of 30 apps per device) with the 40+ billion apps downloaded from the App Store on about 400 million iOS devices.

Rogifan · Mar 13, 2013

The tech media is already a buzz with feature stories on how this means Android and Chrome are merging and what kind of threat that will be to Microsoft. Doesn't take them long to read into things and start spinning stuff..

thekev · Mar 13, 2013

Rogifan said:
The tech media is already a buzz with feature stories on how this means Android and Chrome are merging and what kind of threat that will be to Microsoft. Doesn't take them long to read into things and start spinning stuff..

That is because simply delivering information doesn't yield the highest number of page hits

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gatearray · Mar 13, 2013

markieg said:
lol he even copies job's looks

Ever seen him speak? Steve Jobs, he ain't. A bumbling doofus? Getting warmer...

FakeWozniak · Mar 13, 2013

I wonder if we will be seeing Mr. Rubin at a new startup soon. He must be itching to move on now that Android has been around a while. I'm going to predict he leaves Google within 1 year from now.

6264374 · Mar 13, 2013

this may become one reason for increase of sales in India though..

newagemac · Mar 14, 2013

SILen(e said:
No, it is kinda relevant.

On September 12th of 2012, Android reached 500 million activations and had 1.3 million activated devices per day.
In June of last year, they had about 0.9 million activated devives per day.

We are now at a point in time 182 days after Google posted the last activation numbers (the 500 million and 1.3 mio per day).

In that time they got about 250 mio new activations (if they were closer to 800 million, Rubin would probably have said "close to 800 million activations", but he didn't).

So in that time, they had only 1.37 million activations per day. (Taking 250 million new devices since last September as a basis for this calculation)

If you remember, they went from 900k per day in June to 1300k per day in September of last year, but in the last 6 months, they only managed to increase their daily activations by 0.07 million?

The growth seems to be slowing.

Here in the U.S., the growth ain't just slowing, it's dead and in reverse.

celo48 · Mar 14, 2013

I wonder if he named Android after his name

Squilly · Mar 14, 2013

This is ridiculous. Thought the big guys (Apple and Google) created their software. Turns out they just bought it. -_-
ie. Siri and Android.

John.B · Mar 14, 2013

Is this what caused him step down? Google evicts ad-blocking software from Google Play store (Ars Technica)

Page announces Rubin is leaving the Android team on Tuesday morning, and by midnight all of the ad blockers are booted from the Google Play Android store.

I wonder if that means Chrome will follow suit?

mdelvecchio · Mar 14, 2013

Oletros said:
Why they are suspect?

because so many of them are generic phones in countries where they arent even used as smartphones....android variants have become the new feature phone for people who dont care about their phone. thats why iOS has so many more content purchases, app purchases, web useage stats, etc..

Oletros · Mar 14, 2013

mdelvecchio said:
because so many of them are generic phones in countries where they arent even used as smartphones....android variants have become the new feature phone for people who dont care about their phone. thats why iOS has so many more content purchases, app purchases, web useage stats, etc..

And? If a smartphone is sold with Google Apps and activated through Play Store why it is a suspect activation?

dysamoria · Mar 14, 2013

6264374 said:
this may become one reason for increase of sales in India though..

WTF does that even mean?

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John.B said:
Is this what caused him step down? Google evicts ad-blocking software from Google Play store (Ars Technica)

That's because the concept of users having control over what they see and experience is in direct conflict with the core business of google: advertising.

Google is not your friend. Never was. It just managed to do a great job of selling its image to us prior to becoming really obnoxious. Even its basic "service" to users sucks now. Next stop: evil being.

0dev · Mar 14, 2013

dysamoria said:
That's because the concept of users having control over what they see and experience is in direct conflict with the core business of google: advertising.

Google is not your friend. Never was. It just managed to do a great job of selling its image to us prior to becoming really obnoxious. Even its basic "service" to users sucks now. Next stop: evil being.

What you're forgetting is that, unlike iOS, Android lets you sideload apps outside of the Play Store even without rooting. You can already get those kicked out ad blockers on Android regardless of what Google has done by just changing one setting and downloading the APK from the browser.

While Google were *******s for doing this, the fact remains it's not the end of world scenario it is when Apple removes apps it dislikes from the App Store. Plus Google do this kind of thing a lot less often.

50548 · Mar 14, 2013

rickroberts said:
This man is repugnant.

Exactly. All hail the copycat!

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Oletros said:
And I like when people says more about themselves that they say about the people they trying to slander

If you like remorseless Mr Copycat Rubin that much, adopt him.

Glideslope · Mar 14, 2013

roxxette said:
stop making a fool of yourself

lol. Ok.

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Oletros said:
And I like when people says more about themselves that they say about the people they trying to slander

Ok. Live in your Dream World. It's easier.

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