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Still makes me wonder why the iPhone and android are allowed to exist in their current form.

• kalleboo 3y ago
  Because instead of one company with 95% market share, it's two companies with 50% market share each. This makes every argument more complicated since you have to refute "if you don't like one you're free to buy the other"
  • EGreg 3y ago
    That’s how we end up with digital feudalism and cartels https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/15/open-source-communities/ https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/15/open-source-communities/
• scarface_74 3y ago
  Should they both just come with a terminal program and an ftp client so end users can just download all of the software they need?
  • blackoil 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrowserChoice.eu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrowserChoice.eu
    • scarface_74 3y ago
      And your own citation has a link criticizing it for not being affective https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/windows-browser-ballot-comes-to-an-end-as-ec-obligation-expires/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/windo...