> bout whether or not you can go out and get a phone using one of these alternative stores, and it turns out you can. Well no, turns out you can't. Any app you

> bout whether or not you can go out and get a phone using one of these alternative stores, and it turns out you can. Well no, turns out you can't. Any app you might need for basic usage (communication, banking, taxes) isn't on it. Competition in economic terms means actual substitutes and this just ain't it. This is also reflected by their negligible marketshare close to 0%, because well, they just aren't competitors. > You want the like to be mandatory, using the long arm of the law. I think that’s an obvious overreach. I'm not even talking about the political solutions to this duopoly yet, just stating the facts that the competition is dead on the area, then the conclusion on how to solve this are up to debate.