Google Shames Apple’s iOS For Adding What Android Did Years Ago
Apple’s Tim Cook insulted Google at WWDC earlier this month saying “Android dominates the market in malware”, and quoted
an article calling the fragmented open operating system a “toxic
hellstew of vulnerabilities.” Well Google punched back this morning at
its I/O conference
when Sundar Pichai put up a slide showing Android’s progress over the
years, noting “If you look at what other platforms are getting now, widgets, custom keyboards, many of these things came to Android four, maybe five years ago.”
And the Google fanboys and fangirls went wild.
Pichai never said Apple, but he was clearly jabbing at the
recent announcement that iOS 8 would include widgets and custom
keyboards. And to play a little defense, Pichai then described how
Google was fighting Android malware by forcing all security updates to
be pushed through Google Play so hackers can’t send them straight to
unsuspecting victims.
For years, the fight between Apple and Google on mobile
has been about iOS’ beauty vs Android’s power. But now Apple is opens up
more developer flexibility, and Android is getting the new “Material” design overhaul.
As the two mobile operating systems converge, expect this fight to get
even dirtier. “Android is for robots!” “iOS is for toddlers!”
And poor Windows Phone wishes someone would at least make fun of it
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