Andy Rubin: Samsung’s Android Success Mostly About Just Executing Well
The head of Android says there isn’t much he can do about the fact that Samsung is the only company making huge profits by using the Google operating system.
“There’s one big company that’s being hugely successful,” Rubin said in a roundtable with reporters at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday. “That’s mostly about execution. It’s not mostly around Android.”
Rubin says that other Android makers are still making profits, if not large ones. And if they want to make more money, they will have to find their own path to take on Samsung.
“People have to figure out how to run their own businesses,” he said. “Should I be unfair to Samsung? I can’t do that. I have to be fair to everyone.”
Rubin also noted the huge investment Samsung has made in building its brand from upstart to global household name in recent years.
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