> Other companies using Google's incredible R&D spend and selling phones that use it is not Google's failing

On the contrary. I disagree.

It's possible to build something so successful and difficult that it rises to the level of public utility.

Why not say that Samsung's phone manufacturing is a public utility? That's successful and difficult.

	▲	margalabargala 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Samsung is, as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, one among many. Like Dell. It's different in kind, not in degree. If you make that comparison you clearly don't understand the point being brought up by others here. Which is fine. I'm not going to convince you, I'm just informing you how I'll be voting.