“(to wit: what percentage of Android users wouldn’t notice a difference if it was running anything else, or practically no serious OS at all?”
Why don’t you answer the question...I could just as easy turn this around on you and replace Android with iOS. Apparently you think it’s an accident that over 30% of smartphones out there are running Android? LOL, sure. It’s a riduculous question.
I’m getting a good laugh about all this. I’ve been enjoying Google Cloud-based music on my Droid X for a month now. Send it to the cloud and its now on all my computers and phone. Oh, and the ‘lie’ about no deals with music labels? Yeah, I have a ton of featured content in my cloud based on my music preference, in addition to the songs I uploaded (all ripped from CDs).