Re: Is it Google the new Apple?
Google is Google. I imagine this has always been the plan for the Android platform, they just had a different business model than Apple.
They made Android freely available for manufacturers to use so that Android could rip customers away from Apple and build recognition. Now, Google is going to try and swoop in, offer a great hardware/software experience to consumers, leverage the Google brand and hopefully make some actual money from the Android seeds it started to plant 8 years ago.