Post on 29-Jan-2018
The Future of Android
...and how to stop it
Terence Eden
With apologies to Professor Zittrain
http://futureoftheinternet.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/echobucket/
http://gizmodo.com/5391712/net-neutrality-worst-case
End Points
VS
Android's Strength is its Weakness
Slavery is freedom image
Android is Free
Free - Gratis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eelssej_/394781835/
Free - Libre
Paul Sakuma | AP
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/01/11/2453982/demonstrations-outside-the-gay.html
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Can customers trust them?
Who Owns The Customer?
Who Is The Customer?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/3547624583/
?
TensionsManufacturer wants to sell more phonesUpdating software doesn't sell more phones
MNO doesn't want to subsidise phonesMNO doesn't want to spend money on testingMNO wants to sell “Value Added” services to customers
Google wants more customers on its latest softwareGoogle wants Manufacturers and MNOs to sell its products
The Result
No update for...
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/htc-hero-firmware-update-delayed-again-10015592/
The Result
Vodafone angers customers...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/04/vodafone_desire/
The Result
Security hole in Android...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10080714-83.html
The Result
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/motorola-responds-to-droid-x-bootloader-controversy-says-efuse/
Is This The Future We Want?
That's The Future
...now, how do we stop it?
Working Groups?
Not customer focused
Stricter Contract / Licensing?
Destroys the advantage.Against the spirit of open source.
Legal?
Device and software as property.Restrictions illegal.
Impossible to enforce globally.Compliance = cost
Tragedy of the Commons
“Θα αφιερώσει ένα πολύ μικρό κλάσμα του χρόνου για την εξέταση της κάθε δημόσια αντικείμενο, το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του στην εισαγγελία του τα δικά τους αντικείμενα. Εν τω μεταξύ κάθε φαντασίες ότι δεν κάνει κακό, θα έρθει να παραμέληση του, ότι είναι η επιχείρηση του κάποιος άλλος για να δούμε μετά από αυτό ή ότι γι 'αυτόν? και έτσι, με την ίδια έννοια που διασκεδάζουν με το καθένα χωριστά, η κοινή αιτία διασπάσεις ανεπαίσθητα.”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides
Tragedy of the Commons
“They devote a very small fraction of time to the consideration of any public object, most of it to the prosecution of their own objects. Meanwhile each fancies that no harm will come to his neglect, that it is the business of somebody else to look after this or that for him; and so, by the same notion being entertained by all separately, the common cause imperceptibly decays.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides
Don't Be An Arsehole
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15237218@N00/2511032152
Don't Be Evilhttp://investor.google.com/corporate/code-of-conduct.html
Verkeersbordvrij *
Mutual Trust and Respect Keep Your Platforms Open Signal Your Intentions Dialogue
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space
Standing Up For What We Believe In
“The Future Is Already Here...
...It's just not very evenly distributed.”
William Gibson
Realise the Power of Openness
VS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ColecoVision.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZX80.jpg
Thank You
Terence Eden
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