Comment by burnerthrow008

> Competition is how you get to the best product. Lack of competition leads to malaise of product improvements as the market dominators are owning the space and happily exert their power over people.

Competition means differentiating your product. You don’t have competition if both products are the same.

Apple is trying to differentiate by offering a curated experience. Google is trying to differentiate by offering less curation and more customizability. Both are valid.

It would be bad for competition if iOS and Android were just copies of each other. That would be malaise.