| McCartman - 8/25/2011 11:26
That is not the issue though. The issue is you still need to root to do "EVERYTHING" you want, which means Android is not really "open" - same as iOS - and that was the point I was making. So where does this back-and-forth leave us? You have proven there are things you can do in stock Android that I cannot do in iOS - and I have proven there are things in stock iOS that you cannot do in stock Android. And we now know that neither is really "OPEN" and each requires rooting or jailbreaking to do "EVERYTHING". So it all boils down to preference. I prefer an OS that is solid, stable, and secure - you prefer one that allows a higher level of stock customization, but is proven to be less secure, and I know from my own experience using it, is not as stable. In my opinion, that about sums it up.
I DO NOT need to root to do EVERYTHING I want. I initially rooted to update to 2.2 because of the nicer feature set it had over 1.6. The Droid X was built for 2.2 (faster processor, more RAM and ROM memory, etc) and it performed well. The D1 was designed for 1.6, and was hardware limited on 2.2 which could have caused some of your bad experiences. It was also the 1st generation product from Moto running a 1st gen OS, and you're comparing it to an OS that has already seen multiple releases. Oh, and before you pull the well iOS works on older devices just fine card, I seem to recall complaints of laggy-ness and bricked iPhones/iPods when older devices (that were supposedly compatible) were updated to 4. Just because it's the latest greatest software doesn't mean it will run perfectly on older devices. I have chosen to keep my phone rooted to have the ability to try new software releases before they are pushed to the masses.
Definition of "Open Source Software" (per Wikipedia)
"Open-source software is software whose source code is published and made available to the public, enabling anyone to copy, modify and redistribute the source code without paying royalties or fees. Open source code evolves through community cooperation. These communities are composed of individual programmers as well as very large companies."
How can you claim Android is not open when you can look at a phone from Motorola, Samsung, and HTC, and have completely different user interfaces? If Android wasn't open then every Android phone you used would have the exact same software on it (see iOS). Yes, the manufactures put safeguards in place to keep the masses from messing up their phones, but most phones have the ability to be highly customized (via rooting and ROMs) if the user so desires. Open source, by definition, does not mean that every user should have open access to modify the software. It does means that developers have free access to modify the software without penalty.
As for some of your other rebuttals, the only twisting I see is your lumping customization via apps/widgets, rooting, and customization via ROMs into one category for Android. You have claimed multiple times that my customizations could only be done because my phone is rooted which is false. 7 of the 145 apps I have loaded on my phone require root to use. Of those 7, only 2 are used regularly. Of those 2, NEITHER of them are required to customize my lock screen. The other 5 are only needed if I choose to load a backup, ROM, or pre-release software. Every other app and customization on my phone is available to users of completely stock phones.
Customized lock screen in iOS5? Another steal from Android??? That you can't do right now, btw... LOL
Widgets only take up as much space as you want them to. I actually only have 1 Widget on my main home screen. I do have 6 of them on my "custom" lock screen though! I have widgets that take up 1 square, most take 2, some can take anywhere from 1 to the whole screen. With instant, one-button access to my entire app locker from any screen, I only keep the apps/Widgets I use the most on my home screens. As for Widgets only being useful on the main screen, I don't agree. Since I have a weekly calendar on my "custom" lock screen, I'm not accessing my calendar all the time (1 less spot used on my main screen.) If I want to look at a monthly calendar, one screen to the right of my main screen and there it is. Again, with the appdrawer, I don't have to clutter up my screens with every app on my phone. I choose which ones I use the most, and which screen to put them on (from the appdrawer, btw). |
anyone rooting their droid?
