Let’s not pretend they do these things as charity.
Chrome is open source because, as a fork of WebKit, it has to be. For other things, they use open source to drive adoption.
Chrome is open source because, as a fork of WebKit, it has to be. For other things, they use open source to drive adoption.
The whole "they only do X for profit" is such a lazy argument, because it can be used to argue any side of the argument if you try hard enough.
idk, Apple does have open source? Swift is *incredibly* open, but probably a outlier for Apple. It's operating systems aren'tt, but kernal is (right?).
I don't really understand the love for Android (and sometimes Google) and hate for Apple. The first versions of Android were a clone of blackberry until Apple unveiled the iPhone.
The reasons are all over this discussion, just spend some time reading it. My takeaway might be that some people value autonomy and ownership, and feel like Android gives them more of that.