DR. Stallman keeps reminding me that Apple is a greater threat than Microsoft. Days ago I showed how Apple uses text selection patents against Android, which contains Linux and is Free software. Patents are the number one enemy of FOSS. Many would agree with that, but what's less unanimous a vote is, who's the principal culprit in this context?

"Patents are the number one enemy of FOSS."Some alternative economists believe that patents can kill Bitcoin while Miguel de Icaza throws FUD at it (link omitted). Coming from one who threw away his freedom to embrace Apple, should we be surprised? Anyway, patents are already a major issue for Android and the Android leader is attacked by Apple the most. Apple has the most to lose when Android dominates.

Today I went to another large store that sells tablets. In Maplin, all 10 tablets on display use Android; none uses Windows or iOS. At PC World, Android is vastly ahead of the rest (about an order of magnitude ahead) Apple hardly gets shelf space and I took a video to prove it, one in each store. As long as patents are kept out of it, nothing can stop Android. ⬆