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Originally Posted by BlackDynamite
Actually, HTC does not. With them saying they will allow unlocked bootloaders, you are free to run any AOSP ROM you want- even those without Sense.
So while Samsung may not have locked a bootloader yet, they have also not publicly stated that they never will. HTC, on the other hand, is officially committed to unlocked bootloaders now.
So they are not the same, and HTC doesn't limit you to anything. They provide a UI, but you don't have to use it.
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*face palm* let me ask you this..has HTC not committed to not beating you with a baseball bat? If they haven't you never know..they might in the future...
Samsung's statement is they dont plan to add locked boot loaders unless Google requires them..If Google requires them even HTC commitment or not will be forced to add locked boot loaders..
Samsung has 0 reason to add locked bootloaders..and let me explain why...Samsung Electronics is a component manufacturer..thats their prime business(and part of Samsung Group that does a million other things)...They enter the consumer space to compliment their hardware business..their locked platform bet is Bada..thats where they try to make a locked down OS like the iphone...as far as Android is concerned..they don't care about locking it...unlike HTC they make most of their profits just by putting in their own components into products..hence why Samsung always beats the competition in hardware specs..its cheaper for them to build compared to others...and even at cheaper their profit margins are higher...not to mention Samsung can accomplish anything with their huge size.
HTC does not have that hence their strategy is things like sense and investing in content like onlive..as I said earlier..they went as far as delaying a honeycomb tablet simply because Sense was not ready and didnt want to go in ASOP..what HTC does with sense is needed for them to survive in the market.
Either way this isn't an HTC vs Samsung or etc..back in the day HTC was our only gateway..but now many players are entering into this space who are just as good and I hope some of the international oems enter the US market place as well..
Times change get with it...I am not telling you to dump HTC..I am telling you that we now have CHOICE and competitive choice...it has a long way to go but its there...