“According to Baird analyst William Powers, roughly 87% of Android developers believe that fragmentation is a problem for the Android platform. 57% feel Android’s fragmentation problem is either ‘huge’ or ‘meaningful,’ and about 30% agree that it is a problem to a lesser degree,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.
Google’s “recent decision to provide limited early access to upcoming Android builds for partners whose plans for the software are approved by Google suggests that the company views fragmentation as more of a problem than it might convey publicly,” Epstein reports.
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Electronista reports, “Many also found iOS easier to code for than Android, and thought it was considerably easier to get app exposure and proper pay on iOS than on Android. There were a large number of ‘junk’ apps making it harder to be seen.”
“Hardware OEMs have often thrived on Android fragmentation since they believe it helps them arbitrarily differentiate their phones, but the policy has usually led to months long delays for updates and, in some cases, completely orphaned products like the Galaxy Tab that won’t get an update beyond what first shipped,” Electronista reports.
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Ryan H.” and “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]