> the harsh reality is that nobody is stopping someone from building an open ecosystem phone. The harsh reality is that manufacturing capacity and network effe

> the harsh reality is that nobody is stopping someone from building an open ecosystem phone. The harsh reality is that manufacturing capacity and network effects actually prevents building an open ecosystem phone. You will never be able to purchase the best chips and displays. I think we need to stop pretending that regulating competition is a bad thing. Competition is what makes capitalism work as an economic system. Without competition capitalism is inefficient and harmful. If we can inject more competition into the system as a whole, wherever possible, it's going to be good for consumers.