Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tutorial: Working example of removing & re-installing Android system apps from a PC)

Peter wrote:

AJL

But now you're claiming you have to log into Google for Android to work?
Where did you get the idea that you have to sign into Google?

Most all of my Android devices have been that way.

Since you're a developer,

I'm not a developer.

you're well aware signing into Google is no more
necessary than signing into your bank account or signing into Samsung.

My bank account does require signing in.

My main point of contention is simply that a phone without the slot is an
inferior phone to one with the slot, all things being equal otherwise.

Kinda like a car is inferior to a pickup because it doesn't have the extra
 storage capacity?

That over 75% of Samsung phones have the industry-standard slot tells you
that the leading Android maker considers that sdslot important to people.

Only if they keep selling. The market will eventually decide as it always
 does.

Hopefully my next phone will be hole free.

I'm sure that Google & Apple appreciate that everything costs you hundreds
of dollars more than it does for people who use the holes on the phone.

USB port (you have to pay more to compensate for its loss)
Aux jack (you have to pay more to compensate for its loss)
card slot (you have to pay more to compensate for its loss)

Just the opposite. Less manufacturing cost leads to less retail cost.

The market doesn't really decide. Otherwise we'd have no laws against
companies forcing the companies to do what they have to do, by law.

Course the market decides. Many (most?) folks shop by price. Phones that
 don't sell are cancelled. And when those few who actually shop for holes
 dwindle, no more holey phones either...  8-O

Google & Apple aren't stupid. They know this. It's part of their strategy.
They prey on people saying "oh, it's just a few hundred dollars" every day.

Not me. Google gets my $2 US/mo online storage and that's it. I don't see
 that changing anytime soon since I'm not in the market for any Pixels. And
 thanks Google for all those free services I use every day...