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[-] Lightning66@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Yeah Android might have copied IOS. But why not. Android would have been developed any way sooner or later. It is based on Linux. And that is open sourced.

[-] CoughingwithCoffee@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

It only took a year for Android to be released after iOS. How long has it taken China to come up with a competing operating system? I'm pretty sure Google was working somewhat in parallel to Apple.

[-] mashbooq@infosec.pub 46 points 10 months ago

The first iPhone was released in 2007. Android development started in 2003, with the first pitches to phone manufacturers in 2005. So yeah, Android wasn't merely a copy of iPhone.

[-] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

The timeline is technically correct but misleading, and please google what Android looked like prior to the iPhone announcement. While you're there, might also want to check out the technical differences like iPhone prioritizing things like animation and user interaction. Wouldn't also hurt to check out the first, say, 1-4 Android devices compared to literally just the first iPhone and tell us which one our phones look like today. Also, do we think that Apple was just like "here's a new OS we made over winter break?" They announced in '06. Android was developed probably at a similar time, bought by Google, and then had to pivot hard after iPhone announcement, and harder still after hardware actually got into customer hands.

[-] themz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The replies throughout this entire post are incredible. You are exactly right, yet downvoted for it.

[-] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

In many way iOS had copied android and sometimes they did it late (multitasking, ...)

[-] fer0n@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

If I remember correctly, android was already under development, but huge changes were made after the iPhone came out.

[-] ExcessiveAardvark@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Android was close to being released, but it was going to be much more like a BlackBerry, with a keyboard focus. They delayed the release to retool it somewhat with more of a touch focus.

[-] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

"somewhat" is doing a lot of work here. I mean, they didn't re-write the kernel, but you can google example of the UI pre and post iPhone announcement.

[-] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Just about every invention is obvious in hindsight. Take a look at what Android looked like pre-iPhone announcement and then post.

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