Monoculture benefits no one in the long run

by phil on Tuesday Aug 18, 2009 11:53 PM
"love of words" method

John Gruber on Android's lagging innovation:

I've said it before and will say it again, the best thing that could happen for Apple and iPhone owners would be for at least one strong rival to appear. Two would be even better. A monoculture benefits no one in the long run, because it's competition that drives innovation.

I know there are new Android phones on the horizon. I know there have been some nice Android OS updates. But from my vantage point, the Android state-of-the-art is today further behind the iPhone state-of-the-art than it was when the G1 debuted last October.