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I would assert that this is no longer true.

Thanks to the jailbreak, it is possible in principle to get Android running on the iPhone hardware. In practice, this may not be possible yet, but it has been accomplished before on earlier hardware.

Therefore, buying an iPhone is not that different from buying a Mac: You get a computer with a proprietary operating system, which (thanks to DevTeam) can be bypassed and replaced with anything that will run, which will eventually include Android assuming people care enough to make it work (they will).

The parent comment, that this is a win consumers shouldn't need to fight for, is one I support wholeheartedly.



http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/Status

bootlace works well on older iphones.




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