Counter argument against fragmentation?

The biggest argument against Android being "too fragmented," to me, is that it is wildly popular and growing in popularity in leaps and bounds.

Downsides to that could be jealousy or frustration on some people's part over their favorite carrier not having this or that model of Android phone.

Non-compatibility in ROMs once rooted, etc, comes up frequently in the "too fragmented" discussions, but the ROM for your device will come along in due time.

 

Fragmentation is overrated. By Apple fanbois standards, Toyotas are fragmented because every model has a different dashboard than the other. Because Toyota dashboards are different from car to car, everyone is an idiot unable to adapt to the differences of the car controls and dashboards, making a Camry undrivable to a Corolla driver. Geez man, look at the "inconsistency" in the controls. Some cars got their hand brakes on a hand lever on the side. Other cars got the hand brake on a pedal to the left. Look how different is the dashboard of the Yaris to a Corolla. Or the Prius to a Camry.

If Apple make cars they will all be consistent, unified. You will only get one freaking model, with squared corners, four doors and only in one color. You can't modify your iCar either; that will void your warranty and we will use screws, nuts and bolts that no tool can use, so your average garage or repair shop can't work on them. Everyone's needs will be satisfied by a single iCar model, no need to create different models for different people.

 

Just tell whomever that the PC market is too fragmented, as well as the Windows market is too fragmented.

Also, let them know the web hosting market is too fragmented. And, Bulletin Board software is too fragmented.

Then, see what they say.

Nobody likes choice, amirite?

 

nope no point in arguing... everyone's points are on target. but no point in arguing, they are already brainwashed with Jobs voodoo.

just say:
you are right.. it is a bad bad thing... if you hate choice...

 

+1. People love to parrot what they hear and many times they have little idea what they're actually saying. Ask him what it is, why it's bad and how it directly affects him. Then point out that his preferences aren't everyone's (something that has to be constantly pointed out to all fanboys).

Not really the best analogy. There's no equivalent to the OS on the Toyota side of the analogy.

 

You can also call it diversity instead of fragmentation. If a virus comes out that affects iPhones, all of them will be affected. If a virus comes out on android, it might not affect all phones because the virus won't run on some models

 

^^^ yeah.. good point....just affects your phone!

 

Well, I am counting on the fact that so many apps had trouble running on the I9000.

 

Tell them to try windows mobile. Try finidng an app, you need to specify 7, 6.5, 6.1, standard or pro, touchscreen or not, with .net mobile version whatever (some versions of .net will only run on some versions of vm and then the versions they will run on are dependant upon amount of ram and speed of the phone).
Android is only getting a bum rap due to a couple bad companies liek samsung that are refusing to support older phones, but that doesn't mean andriod and better companies are all like that.

 

Yeah.. stuff like that.

 

Apple has gone through several os as well, In fact it used to be os 2.0, os 3.0... ect, then they changed to ios 4 and so forth. Not all their os work on older version iphones but many will look passed that and find fault with android..

 

What blasphemy. It's your own fault that you are too poor to buy a new apple phone every year. *heavy sarcasm warning*

 

Actually there is. The OS is what controls the device and what interfaces the user to the device. The car's electronic systems and dashboard fundamentally has the same purpose.

API fragmentation is the most important and critical fragmentation of all, and yet it affects Android the least. Most of the Apple fanbois arguments are concentrated on UIs, controls, button layouts. In other words, the dashboard. Its only the exterior stuff they understand, not the fine workings of OS fundamentals.

 

^^ to many different phone with too many different android versions..

 

Not all the apps are on the home screen, that's all. So, you have to tap the app drawer icon

It was a tongue-in-cheek joke.

 

Wow. iOS wins out on the first item, because you have to push a button to see all of your apps, and because folders don't "self-name"...

And, from using an iOS keyboard, the stock Android keyboard is on par. And, with all the data entry options for Android; it became a "draw". I stopped reading there.

 

I love how they evaluated OS's on a heading called "hardware". It goes onto saying how the iPhone 4 has a retina display and is one of the reasons iOS got the edge. Well, I say that just run Android on the iPhone 4 and it should be all evened up there.