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The word "monopoly" is often abused. Neither Apple nor Google have one. There are other phones than the iPhone. There are other MP3 players than the iPod. There
by mechanical_fish 17y ago
The word "monopoly" is often abused. Neither Apple nor Google have one. There are other phones than the iPhone. There are other MP3 players than the iPod. There are other computers than Macs. There are even other search engines than Google, as Microsoft will be happy to tell you.
Things were different back in the old days. One reason why people seem so much more relaxed about things is that the alternatives are so much easier to find than they used to be.
- Tichy 17y agoAlternative search engines don't help much when you need traffic to your web site. Alternative MP3 players don't help much when you want to sell mobile apps. (Note: I don't like the "monopoly" cries either).
- MikeCapone 17y agoThe difference between Google, for example, and Microsoft is that if Google start doing horrible things, people can switch their homepage pretty quickly. Switching OS is very very very very hard for the average computer user.