Apple wins the war of operating systems
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
"Yablogolik" Jonny Evans loves from time to time to raise patients for-fighting android themes - such as voiced in the title. Unpopular opinion, but in this case, according to the journalist, and all the inconvenience of the situation: in spite of its prevalence, not the "android" shines become part of the future of digital technologies. And these are the arguments in favor of the Evans gives his point of view.
Return to defragment
Fragmentation of spoils the whole picture of the beautiful post-PC era, except that the Apple platform is not fragmented.
The future of computing is defined by mobility and tomorrow mobile devices will be pushed out so called "ambient computing", and they are all the same will depend on the operating system.
What is the role of the operating system today?
- Microsoft Windows has dominated the personal computer, but now PC sales are in free fall. Computers will not disappear, but they will no longer be a mandatory attribute of our life and work - most tasks will be to manage tablets, TVs, and mobile devices. Microsoft presence of a modest In the mobile sector (and to expand it will not be), and its operating system is fragmented: as you know, people do not rush to update their Windows.
- In the world of mobile operating systems is dominated by Android, but it is only in the sales figures - the device, due to which the market share of the platform so impressed her fans run on older versions of the OS. Worse yet, they can not be upgraded. Remember wonderful diagram in this topic. Most of the Android-devices, which is sold Today, never It will not work on the current version of the operating system. These devices obsolete even before they took out of the box. And when it comes to the future OS, these glands - a waste of money and time.
- At the same time, despite all the efforts of Apple, OS X is a very small player. However, the mobile OSes companies - is another matter. On the Apple platform is the heart of the operating system innovation. Against the background of the high cost of Windows, OS X can achieve some success, but eventually it will become a branch of its "mobile sister», iOS.
- iOS - the real king of the jungle. This is because more than 74% of all iOS-devices are already working on a fresh Apple mobile OSes. The system has the highest rates being spread among the modern mobile operating systems. And an update is available, even for devices that were released two years ago the light.
And there you have to contrast: one-third of Android-devices are stuck on the old version of the OS Jelly Bean, first presented in July 2012. Particularly impressive is the fact that the hot advertised the latest version of Android KitKat still installed approximately 1.1% of all devices.
piles of garbage
Handicap Android OS distribution system consists in the fact that the majority of consumers buying these devices are stuck with those versions of Android-systems that were installed at the time of purchase. Instead of updating the operating system, users are forced to change the entire device to get at the disposal of some new and attractive features. Android's business model is dangerous for the planet!
It's a waste.
You can build any sort of solar farms, but it does not hide the aging process inherent in Google's mobile business plan. Devices become obsolete even before they are out of the box, they can not be upgraded, and soon they find themselves in a landfill. And are they safe? If.
While competitors are trying in vain to create a comfortable and simple devices, the majority of Apple users enjoy on their devaysakh the most recent developments.
The rapid introduction of new technologies - a prerequisite for the determination of the future operating systems. Apple creates software that quickly pick up millions of users and is means that the company already controls based on an ecosystem of ready solutions that can be easily expand. Apple has everything to expand its operating system for brand new devices.
Apple wins OS war.
Humble.
— Jonny Evans.