Nothing in Android makes sense except in the light of its original vision
What Miner and Google gambled on, and it seems bizarre in retrospect, was that the carriers and the manufacturers would be good at customizing and improving the user experience of the base operating system.
Dustin Curtis beschreibt was, laut Rich Miner einem der Mitbegründer von Android, die ursprüngliche Motivation war Android zu entwickeln. Da gab es wohl ein kleines Missverständnis.