Derek Ross on Nostr: Overall, the openness of Android is a major advantage over a closed system like ...

Overall, the openness of Android is a major advantage over a closed system like Apple's iOS. The openness of Android allows for more customization, innovation, and choice. This is why we often see new software features, hardware, and accessories launching on Android many years before Apple adds support for these enhancements.

Generally, Apple waits several years for a new technology to mature and be in high demand before releasing it for their ecosystem. They market this as innovative, that no one else could do this besides Apple.

In some ways, they are correct. They waited until the technology was better, they waited until it matured, they waited until it was near-perfect so the experience was better than other products that had it for years.

In some cases, Apple has a better user experience, because they control the entire ecosystem. They *should* have a better experience in some cases since they're controlling and narrating it from the very top.

I may have been wrong when trying to explain this earlier. At the end of the day, these points don't matter. The discussions we're having aren't about which software platform is better. We aren't having a discussion about which company creates better hardware. We aren't discussing which company has a better user experience.

We are discussing which platform censors it's users. We are discussing which company is controlling and hurting people around the world by their censorship.

It's about abiding by a ruler when we are promoting protocols such as Bitcoin and Nostr which do not have rulers.