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Two choices for something as complex as a smartphone does not make a free market.
by reificator 6y ago
Two choices for something as complex as a smartphone does not make a free market.
- valuearb 6y agoIt’s far more than two choices since their are hundreds of Android manufacturers, many whom add their own software to the stack. It’s more like dozens of differentiated competitors, of which Apple is rate largest but still only a small minority of the market. There aren’t many freer markets. The automobile business was still a free market when Henry Ford refused to paint cars in your choice of color.
- reificator 6y agoAnd how many of those phones don't run Google Play Services? Right now your choices are "Google doesn't spy on me" or "I can sideload apps or use alternative stores".