Apple and Google move computing forward in identical-yet-incompatible ways

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jul 6, 2014 11:08 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Andrew Cunningham
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This isn't about which company is copying from which—this kind of integration is a logical next step for both Apple and Google after years of moving various operating systems and services closer and closer together. This is about ecosystem lock-in. All of these features sound like great, logical ways to extend both companies' platforms, since you can often assume that someone using an Apple phone will be using an Apple computer. They're also going to make it harder than ever to extricate yourself from a given company's ecosystem once you've become embedded in it.

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