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We'll find out when the first vendor inevitably abuses a feature in the interface to specifically make their phone un-upgradable.


> un-upgradable.

I believe you mean "differentiated" :)


Product differentiation is an underestimated evil of our time.


Some would argue it was what killed Nokia, too. It chose to go with Windows Phone to "be different", even though Android and iOS were already established and WP didn't have much of a market share.


It was pretty much what strangled the community efforts surrounding Maemo as well. Core pieces of early Maemo, like power management, was closed source, for "differentiation".


VTS is meant to address that concern.




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