What could cause androids downfall?
The erosion of Google as a search company.
Sounds insurmountable, akin to stopping businesses from buying Microsoft Office. But it's possible. A company (most likely Microsoft) has to keep chipping away at Google's ad revenue. That means chipping away at online search, Gmail, Google Docs, anything and everything that Google relies on for ad money. We're talking about huge corporations here and some very (very) deep pockets. Google isn't going to go quietly in the night. They're going to continue to innovate, update, and support Android until their bank account is dry. That's not going to happen any time soon.
Say you asked someone this, how many years will it take before Microsoft drops below 50% of the home PC market? Would you laugh if they said two years? Three years? That’s a lot of faith to have in the Chrome Pixie.
Android is the Windows of mobile. Barring any catastrophes, Google’s mobile dominance is going to last for a while. People still have it in their heads that another OS will magically unseat the king. I’m telling you, it’s not happening in two years, or three, maybe not even four. This isn’t college hoops. The number one team doesn’t change on a weekly basis. It’s a long, hard road to knock down the champ.
Compare other markets and you see that it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Look at how long it took before anyone could challenge the Playstation, the NES, BlackBerry, Windows 95, AOL, Kodak; even how long it took Google to become Google!
You guys better bunker down. It’s gonna be a long fight. :grin: