On 19 December 2014 at 11:26, Adam Bolte <abo...@systemsaviour.com> wrote: > > You both seem to be talking about two different things. Ben was saying > that you can run whatever app store you want - you are not forced to > use Google. This is absolutely true. On my Sony Xperia Z1 Ultra > "phablet" running Android, I had no trouble at all disabling all the > Google Play apps and installing F-Droid. No firmware hacking or > rooting, etc. The Humble Bundle also have their own "store" on Android > for apps you have purchased, completely outside of Google's ecosystem, > for example. >
I think the main part of my argument was that there is vendor lock in on any platform. Google has less, but it's more of a technicality in the frame of the larger argument which was tablets in school environments. Because it's a technicality, you have to assess either platform on their merits in an educational environment.. I'm not saying we shouldn't embrace app stores like F-droid, they are great, I was more just responding to the individual needs of a school, which aren't really met by f-droid's 30 or so total educational apps... Hopefully the situation improves over time. On 19 December 2014 at 11:45, Ben Sturmfels <b...@stumbles.id.au> wrote: > > This sounds like a fantastic topic for our Feb meet up! Noah could we > pencil you in to talk a little about your experiences? Doesn't need to > be anything formal, but you have the very valuable perspective from > inside a school. I'm sure we'll have a few parents with school aged kids > (or soon to be) too. > Maybe.. I'd have to think about that one a bit. It's kinda like doing a talk on vi vs emacs :P Can we ban tomato's from the meet and make sure no-one brings a stockade? _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
