Where’s The Line On Moderation? - Sue Donym

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[–]zephyranthes 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

[Apple and Google] effectively have a duopoly on what applications you can download on your phone

They don't. They have a near-duopoly on monetization, but it doesn't matter much because the real monetization bottleneck is narrower still.

[–]reluctant_commenter 14 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

Apple and Google] effectively have a duopoly on what applications you can download on your phone

Actually, this statement is correct, because they said "effectively"-- and in effect, this is true. Apple and Google are able to remove what applications are available on their stores or prevent applications from being added to their stores, and they do have a duopoly on operating systems for mobile. (Unless you're counting Windows phones as a major player, lol.)

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Weren’t Windows phones discontinued a couple of years ago?

[–]reluctant_commenter 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, and I don't even know of any other operating systems for phones besides those three.

edit: It makes sense that there are many other niche OSes as well; my point is that while there are others, the market share of OSes on phones is vastly covered by Google and Apple.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee~=[,,_,,]=^_^= 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

There are linux phones but its not widely known by the public.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Huawei are developing HarmonyOS, but they’re Chinese. The Chinese government interferes in corporate affairs to push a narrative that benefits the CCP.

Remember that most people did not have a smartphone until early last decade. Yet people were still able to spread ideas without them.

[–]SkinnyVanilla 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I had a Windows phone for a while. Honestly, I loved the interface, but the inability to get all the same apps as Google/Apple (or even reasonable equivalents) was the reason I discarded it.