One developers view of Android changes

Elia Freedman “This is a huge change for Google and one I applaud. The old model was just not tenable. No one — and I mean no one except carriers and those manipulating the OS for their nefarious gains — liked what was happening to Android. As developers it was too many minute changes on too many platforms. It wasnâ€ t one Android, it was 5000 of them: Verizonâ€ s Android, AT&Tâ€ s Android, HTCâ€ s Android, Motorolaâ€ s Android, Samsungâ€ s Android, etc. And as developers we had to pick and choose which Android we would support.”

I’d imagine the developers that are trying to make money on this platform will love the change. Maybe, just maybe, it’ll mean a more consistent experience.