Comment by rafabulsing
1 day ago
Google does not have a monopoly on distributing apps on Android phones.
Microsoft does not have a monopoly on distributing software on Windows.
Hell, Apple itself does not have a monopoly on distributing software on MacOS.
Really, you could say the same about, AFAICT, every single major operating system that has ever existed, other than iOS.
> Google does not have a monopoly on distributing apps on Android phones.
> Microsoft does not have a monopoly on distributing software on Windows.
It's a different degree but both control who can effectively distribute software on their platforms to some extend. Google does at lot to make outside the app store a miserable experience and Microsoft has a nice protection racket where if you don't play by their rules and pay the fees your software might just get deleted from your customers systems.
And they're getting sued for that in various places, but at least you (the user) have the option to click through the scare screen, wait 10 seconds to click through the second scare screen, and still do it. On Apple stuff you just can't.