So, your response to a factual reply about Google's disregard for security (barely improved lately) is this! A deft mix of non sequitur, passive aggressiveness, ad hominem and condescension!
Your spiel is kind of surreal. as Android is not some misunderstood underdog pushed by a scrappy up and comer; it is the dominant mobile OS backed by a very large entrenched multinational. If any system is like Windows of old, it is Google's Android, not Apple's IOS.
As for my fanboyishness (sic), lets do the inventory of what I run:
- Physical
- 1 3GS (my main phone, yes I have a phone THAT old)
- 5 raspberry pi' (Mostly run Linux, sometimes Android)
- 1 ODROID (Linux Ubuntu or Android 4.4)
- 2 Linux, 1 BSD full machines
(1 used as a NAS, 1 used as desktop, 1 as test machine)
- 3 Windows 8.1 Machines (main desktop, one a laptop, one for testing/dev)
- 1 Openwrt (my own little personal router)
- On Virtual Machines
- OSX several variants (non paid for.. don't tell Apple)
- A few Android variants
- Several dozens Unix variants
- Other versions of Windows
I've actually run more Android devices (real or virtual) than any Apple variants and only given Apple $500 in 20 years... If anything, I'm obviously a Unix fanboy that runs Windows mostly by necessity.
Why do have so many OS' ? Because it is part of my job to know a lot about these, and that's been the case since the 1980s.
Wow, and you prove my point. Attention seek much?
As for the small list, good for you. But consider me unimpressed. I'll not bother detailing a 40+ history of technical experience and device / component design, manufacturing, programming, marketing, and yes ownership as well. I have other things to do that are more important than spending hours writing a list of things you probably wouldn't understand anyway. And it's not on topic anyay. But it would probably surprise you to find out that after Steve returned to Apple, Apple called me directly and had numerous lengthy conversations to get information they needed and wasn't documented anywhere else. It was my years and experience in the industry that led them to contact me for what they needed to know. If you want to puff your chest in that area, start a thread to discuss every device you've ever owned, worked with, designed, patented, programmed, or written a programming language for. You'll probably realize quickly that many of us will be unimpressed, and detail more credentials.
As for debates of security... Again one could debate that all day long. But the reality is Apple's been the one actually compromised in the wild. And it's not like it was a small issue. Again, more concerned about what actually affects my data than theoretical possibilities of what may never happen.
You know what??? Think about your iPhone 3 for a more recent example since you're still using it. Oh, it's an Apple, so who cares about whether it's been patched to include all the latest security holes that have been discovered. While you rag on older Android phones, I don't hear you calling for Apple to patch your iPhone 3.
And in this case, Apple Is both the OS producer and the phone manufacturer. They could insure that every phone got updates regardless of age. But they choose not to.
Google makes the updates available. But they are not in control of the phone's manufacturers. In most cases it's not Google or Android preventing the update, it's usually either the phone manufacturer or in many cases the cell phone service that is blocking / preventing the update.
Google gets around this as much as possible by providing the core function updates without requiring a full os update. And, the current updated apps run on prior versions as well. So that patches a lot of potential holes without requiring individual manufacturers and cellular service providers to allow us to update the base os version.
Now, when Apple continues to support a phone as old as my Android phone, then perhaps you'll be able to revisit this topic legitimately. But, as it is, my Android still gets more updates and runs more current apps than your iPhone 3. Pretty sad considering Apple has control of ios and iPhone production and distribution entirely.
But you do make a valid point... Android is the dominant player in the market. Welcome back to the topic.
