Android
5 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 7, 2021 by Benedict Evans · said 75 times in 29 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2021 23 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode
2020 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
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Mar 7, 2021 neutral
Mar 7, 2021 neutral
Evans: Google has systematically made Android more restricted over time for security
“Google has pulled much more towards as a more secure model because they started very open and realized all of these problems. And so Google has been sort of systemically making Android more secure over time and more locked out over time.”
Jul 25, 2022 neutral
Evans: Apple's media services exist primarily to prevent Android churn
“It's a feel, feel good. And B, it makes it harder for you to churn away from Apple and move to Android. And so it's not the core skill, which is, would be like designing chips, but it's sort of adjacent to supporting the business.”
Aug 19, 2024 negative
Spinning out Android as a Google antitrust remedy is structurally irrelevant
“Spinning out Android to me is, like, completely irrelevant, because, like, read back what I just said, like, if Android's a separate company, that's not, why is it going to choose Bing? It's going to have the same decision process that Motorola does.”