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minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 days agoFull AOSP compatibility for Pixel devices is a huge reason to buy a Pixel instead of a 3rd party OEM. They’re shooting themselves in the foot.
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoThat is probably a fraction of one percent of the pixel purchases.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoMaybe but those 1% of buyers are multiplicators incentivizing others to buy the same phone.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoYes, they incentivize another 0.001%. How is google going to survive this?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·54 minutes ago Yes, they incentivize another 0.001%. How is google going to survive this? Tech geeks acting as multiplication factors are the people who brought Apple from obscurity to mainstream.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·41 minutes agoThat was 40 years ago. Any more recent examples?
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoMaybe Google is comfortable enough offering the Pixel as a typical consumer device now, instead of a developer one. They used to be able to differentiate themselves from their competitors, but there aren’t many competitors left.
Full AOSP compatibility for Pixel devices is a huge reason to buy a Pixel instead of a 3rd party OEM. They’re shooting themselves in the foot.
That is probably a fraction of one percent of the pixel purchases.
Maybe but those 1% of buyers are multiplicators incentivizing others to buy the same phone.
Yes, they incentivize another 0.001%. How is google going to survive this?
Tech geeks acting as multiplication factors are the people who brought Apple from obscurity to mainstream.
That was 40 years ago. Any more recent examples?
Maybe Google is comfortable enough offering the Pixel as a typical consumer device now, instead of a developer one. They used to be able to differentiate themselves from their competitors, but there aren’t many competitors left.