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> Since a browser is a piece of software you can install with a couple clicks in a couple minutes Only on Legacy Windows. This is not so clear cut on nuWindows

• aembleton 7y ago
  Why not on Android? You can just install Firefox: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fi...
  • JetSpiegel 7y ago
    On the store controlled by Firefox's main competitor for browsers. It's a precarious situation, but so far Google hasn't asserted their power on that front.
• zaroth 7y ago
  > Ignoring iOS... iOS is also not a monopoly. When you contort the definition of "monopoly" to mean a "non-open ecosystem" then IMO you seek to abuse the anti-trust regulations on the books to promote an open-ecosystem ideology. iOS is a closed ecosystem in a highly competitive marketplace. Customers -- when given the choice -- have chosen to opt-in to that closed ecosystem billions of times over the last decade. There are absolutely pros and cons to a closed ecosystem. Which is why it's so great that we have so many options for computing devices on the market occupying various spaces on that closed-open spectrum to choose from!
  • JetSpiegel 7y ago
    > iOS is a closed ecosystem in a highly competitive marketplace. And yet, Apple's profits grow, including per-unit. Not much competition there. Firefox compiled for iOS cannot be distributed on the store, and since there is no way to sideload apps, Apple has a literal monopoly on Browsers. Where's the choice there?