Sentences with phrase «exerts over their hardware»

Though still freer than Apple's total locked down model, there isn't a whole lot of difference between the actual control Apple exerts over their hardware and software, and the effective control Google exerts over Android based software and hardware by disallowing the use of their popular core apps to anyone who hasn't kissed their ring and paid tribute.

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The move into hardware by Facebook is an attempt to ensure distribution and exert more control over the consumer relationship.

Apple's end - to - end control over its hardware pays dividends here, simplifying its implementations and allowing it to exert influence and control over what is otherwise a universal, albeit rather basic, wireless standard.

Valve can tread water by porting its own games to Linux and offering the cross-platform Steam in - home game streaming as a stopgap measure, but it's hard to imagine the SteamOS ecosystem thriving unless Valve exerts some control over the hardware experience to deliver a more streamlined message to consumers about why they should buy Steam Machines.

However, if the move is true, it could show Google trying to put more of a stamp and exert more control over its flagship hardware products.