“Spifftastic,”

From MG Siegler’s recent article on, well, what his title says:¹

Apple, for all the shit they get for being “closed” and “evil”, has actually done far more to wrestle control back from the carriers and put it into the hands of consumers. Google set off to help in this goal, then stabbed us all in the back and went the complete other way, to the side of the carriers. And because they smiled the entire time they were doing it and fed us this “open” bullshit, we thanked them for it. We’re still thanking them for it!

I’d never really looked at Google’s behavior in this way, even after they’d aligned with Verizon. I’d kept tabs on the situation, but this way of viewing it hadn’t crossed my mind. Siegler raises a lot of interesting points that, frankly, have me looking twice at Google’s behavior lately.

As far as I’m concerned, much of Siegler’s article comes across as very conspiracy theory-ish, which rubs me the wrong way and immediately raises a bullshit alarm in my head. That said, considering Google’s behavior just recently, it does seem that they’re going a bit far just to become (even more) dominant. It’s strange, smells funny, and really comes across as disingenuous. Twitter also seems to agree, if their statement, sent to Siegler, is any indication. At any rate, his article’s worth the read, especially if you (like me) tend to read Siegler as being particularly, and perhaps at times annoyingly, pro-Apple, as it offers an interesting way to see Google and Android.²