Android is a Threat for The Future of Mobile OSes

Android made software irrelevant. Google is giving away for free what costs millions to develop, effectively destroying the software market. Just look at the Android marketplace, thousands of ad-supported apps. Software has no value and thus no one is willing to pay for it. Very depressing for who wants to work in the software industry. No one talks about the quality of software anymore, which misses the point. Hardware is nothing without software, and Google is effectively destroying that. I won't assume malice. I won't accuse Google of intentionally trying to destroy the software industry and remove all value from software and forcing the smartphone market into a downward spiral. Google is oblivious to what they are doing. They are high on themselves. Simply, they are a bunch of morons.


Android succeeded in killing interest in mobile OS development, just as Windows did with desktop OS in the 1990s. So, in other words, the long term effect of Android's success will be sending the mobile OS world to another dark age, killing innovation and discouraging new competitors from entering the mobile OS market. Just this year, due to Android, we saw the demise of Symbian and MeeGo and even though HP won't admit it, webOS seems to be the next victim. What Android succeeded in doing is allowing lazy and non-innovative companies to enter the market and kill competition with their cheap handsets. Hardware is cheap, that is why it is always on sale, but developing an outstanding OS that takes effort. What we are witnessing right now is a repeat of the late 80s and early 90s. Major OS names fading into oblivion.