Matt Alexander on Apple and Google:

In spite of all of these perceived incompatibilities, however, I cannot help but think there ought to be harmony and symbiosis between the two. Google's acumen with web services and its keen desire to work for the benefit of a broad swath of people could directly benefit Apple's ability to produce the best hardware, designs, and products in the industry. Apple has also proven its capabilities to enable and foster a thriving ecosystem for third party developers. Marry this success with Google's toolsets and I suspect you'd have an extremely potent, albeit unrealistic, combination.

Something I have been pondering lately as well. I think the rift between these two companies is one of the great travesties in tech history¹. If they could just get over their shit and cooperate again like they did before this iOS/Android "rivalry" I bet we'd see some truly amazing things.