Because the phone market is a duopoly that was impenetrable for even Microsoft. This "why don't you just make your own Apple?" argument is ridiculous, it will n

Because the phone market is a duopoly that was impenetrable for even Microsoft. This "why don't you just make your own Apple?" argument is ridiculous, it will not happen no matter how much you "encourage" it as a consumer. You even contradict this yourself by saying "we're left with what <megacrops> provide us".