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> Maybe it's time for a third large phone OS [...]. Apple and Google conspired to never allow that to happen. They've pushed Microsoft out of that sector. Micr
by rollcat 1y ago
> Maybe it's time for a third large phone OS [...].
Apple and Google conspired to never allow that to happen. They've pushed Microsoft out of that sector. Microsoft! Name a bigger challenger.
- amelius 1y agoThat was before AI coding assistants.
- rollcat 1y agoA language model will create the market force to displace an oligopoly in the most influential sector of our society? Hedge your bets.
- fennecfoxy 1y agoLmao
- parineum 1y agoConsidering that Google and Apple can use them too, tt's unclear to me whether you think AI coding assistants will make it easier or harder for a third competitor to enter the field.
- blinding-streak 1y agoMicrosoft pushed itself out of the sector by having a lousy mobile platform.
- 0xffff2 1y agoMicrosoft had a phenomenal mobile platform. The only problem they had was that they failed to convince anyone to build apps for it.
- devmor 1y ago> Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform. I went through 3 generations of Windows Phone devices for work. The only thing phenomenal about them was the Zune-style UI. They were buggy and unreliable, even for the few apps they had.
- fruitworks 1y agoThe minor issue of not having any developers, developers, developers
- fsflover 1y agoGNU/Linux phones already exist, although they're indeed being harmed by the duopoly.