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>The app stores are monopolies. Only on iOS. There are several alternative app stores for Android, and you can install apps the same way you do on desktops (af
by ryukafalz 9y ago
>The app stores are monopolies.
Only on iOS. There are several alternative app stores for Android, and you can install apps the same way you do on desktops (after flipping a switch in settings).
- coding123 9y agoStill a monopoly like that, see Internet explorer case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
- xbmcuser 9y agoWould have been true if the largest manfactureres of Android phones didn't put their own browser and other apps. Samsung has its own browser and Chinese manufacturers use Chinese browsers. So chrome is rarely the default in more than half the android phones releases every year.