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> And frankly, there will not be more mobile platforms because even the current two is already much for companies to develop for. Free market doesn’t work that
by dmitriid 6y ago
> And frankly, there will not be more mobile platforms because even the current two is already much for companies to develop for. Free market doesn’t work that way.
How do you imagine free market works? No companies magically capture the midshare of most users? No companies have anough money/resources to corner the market?
Literally nothing prevents any of the current players in the "non-free market" to develop their own phone. Heck, Microsoft even tried to do it.
- kaba0 6y agoPlease see my reply on your sibling post.
- dmitriid 6y agoOnce again: how do you imagine the imaginary free market works?
- kaba0 6y agoHow do you imagine the real world works? Even in the very text written by Adam Smith he says that free market only works in a regulated environment. Because once a few gets big enough, they can control the whole market. Why do you think Microsoft failed even with the tremendous amount of money they poured into and even with having an arguibly great UX?
- dmitriid 6y ago> How do you imagine the real world works? The way it works. It's not me complaining about "Free market doesn’t work that way." > Because once a few gets big enough, they can control the whole market. Yes, yes they will. So what is, exactly, the nature of your complaint?
- kaba0 6y ago> Literally nothing prevents any of the current players in the "non-free market" to develop their own phone. Heck, Microsoft even tried to do it. Literally, the already existing 2 platforms prevent a new one from emerging —- thus it is incorrect to say that the free market will solve the issue.
- suifbwish 6y agoAnyone can launch a new phone with its own hardware and OS and a marketplace. It just takes a lot of money that most people don’t have. I think what you are really complaining about is not enough people have the money to launch a new phone
- kaba0 6y agoAnyone can launch a new phone, but even one of the richest company failed, even when they paid for app developers to create apps?
- dmitriid 6y ago> thus it is incorrect to say that the free market will solve the issue. Are you arguing with yourself now? This is your text (emphasis mine): "And frankly, there will not be more mobile platforms because even the current two is already much for companies to develop for. Free market doesn’t work that way."