WHAT SHOULD MICROSOFT DO?

1. Choose between devices and services.
2. Abandon devices.
3. Embrace services.
4. Fork Android and offer a version of AOSP (Android Open Source Project) with Microsoft services, app store (more on this below), and, most importantly, patent protection to Chinese manufacturers.
5. Build an AOSP Play Store with word-for-word copies

this is very insightful, especially the part about patents being a moat against chinese manufacturers cleaning up worldwide: once they leave the lax IP of china behind, they are vulnerable to lawsuits. this is perhaps the real reason behind “rockstar”, a coalition of google competitors huddling together for protection.

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