This quote is with regards to carriers selling phones with outdated OSs. Andy Rubin claims that consumers “recognize the value…” of the new releases.
I call bullshit. If consumers valued the latest OS’s they would be rioting with pitchforks outside Verizon’s headquarters after the bought a phone that 1. had an outdated OS installed on it and 2. couldn’t be updated without Verizon’s permission.
Consumers that do value the latest OS are divided squarely into two camps: those (nuuurds!) that are willing to hack their android phone to install the latest and greatest and those that buy iPhones. Everyone else just does not give a fuck.
edit: I forgot group 3. People who hate Apple so much they are willing to buy a carrier-locked-down-phone because it’s “open” and it’s not made by Apple.
(via kubi)