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How? I can't see how fragmentation can be good for anyone. The web has made progress since the jar days but even if you go the web route, you are still a serf (to continue the analogy that we are all serfs sorry couldn't find the link).

I wouldn't support a different app store that competes with Google for control of Android.

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Fragmentation isn't even a thing for most people in the market for a smartphone. Anecdotally, most of my friends who uses Android isn't even aware of Google, the search giant. Most of them are only aware of Google as the account provider that they use to sign in to their phone.

Sorry for not clarifying. I wasn't talking about consumers but rather service providers who have to maintain a presence in all major platforms. From what I understand, Android exists because Google was fed up trying to get Google maps and mail and search applications on all j2me, symbian, and what not devices.

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