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We do have the freedom to choose, we pick Google or Apple if it’s an issue we care about. If we don’t care about it, it doesn’t matter which we pick. It’s like
by sjwright 7y ago
We do have the freedom to choose, we pick Google or Apple if it’s an issue we care about. If we don’t care about it, it doesn’t matter which we pick.
It’s like complaining that Toyota gives you the option of reliability but Nissan doesn’t. You pick from the options available.
- DavideNL 7y agoLike i said, it's an oligopoly. There's only 2 choices which is not enough. Imagine you could only buy 2 type of cars...
- sjwright 7y agoTwo is not enough? So what are you doing about it? It's not Apple's fault that Google now has pretty much all the rest of the market for smartphone ecosystems.
- ghaff 7y agoThere are Blackberry phones. There are feature phones. It’s your choice to feel you must own a phone from one of the two main ecosystems because “everyone” else does. I know a number of people who either don’t own smartphones or only carry one provided by their company (and use only for work purposes).