He’s saying the examples given were so generic that every OS that cares about battery life and security would just be Android. Battery life optimizations and sandboxing don’t make Android inevitable or the only option.
WebOS was a 3rd option until HP sold it off. Microsoft also had a go at it. They were both very different than Android, but would have those features (if not then, they’d have them by now if the projects were still going).
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He’s saying the examples given were so generic that every OS that cares about battery life and security would just be Android. Battery life optimizations and sandboxing don’t make Android inevitable or the only option.
WebOS was a 3rd option until HP sold it off. Microsoft also had a go at it. They were both very different than Android, but would have those features (if not then, they’d have them by now if the projects were still going).