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Google To Drop Nexus Brand Name, Move Away From Stock Android (theverge.com)
tripleevenfall quotes a report from The Verge: Google's newest smartphones won't be Nexus devices after all. According to Android Central, Google is dropping the Nexus branding with its two upcoming, HTC-made smartphones. Instead, the company is expected to market the devices under a different name and to lean heavily on the Google brand in the process. This shift is more than just symbolic. The report states Google will load the devices with a special version of Android Nougat, as opposed to the standard "vanilla" version of the operating system that's shipped on past and current Nexus devices. Android Police reported earlier this month that Google may remove the Nexus branding from its upcoming smartphones and replace it with a "G" logo. It's too early to tell which direction Google is taking with its upcoming Android Nougat smartphones. Google has spent years marketing the Nexus brand as a hardware entity, while Google has reserved its own name for software services.
This, combined with the gutting of Google Fiber, reminds us yet again that Google is akin to having a hot but crazy lover; really exciting until one day you wake up on fire.
How is this not in their interest? Why should Google give two shits about what Nexus users want, especially as far as having a bloatware-free phone?
Because they don't want to drive more people to alternative roms.
This is no different from everyone bitching and complaining about Windows 10... the customers aren't going to go anywhere, they're just going to complain and then bend over.
Speak for yourself, ankle-grabber.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.