Comment by tonyhart7
1 month ago
"I then have 100% control over that device and the hardware maker, the retailer, and the OS maker have a combined 0% control."
the problem is transaction not done once you own the device, you must use the ecosystem
Google and Apple create this ecosystem and they own it, so even if you have 100% control of your device but you cant live without their ecosystem
OS is just "half the battle", if its so easy Microsoft would not let windows mobile died
Right, so that's what needs to change.
well, we need a platform competitor like Huawei doing for the past years
but Open Ecosystem/Platform
which is likely never happen tbh, since the amount of resources that required is a lot and would need monetization which would end up like at position like this
> well, we need a platform competitor like Huawei
You mean, GNU/Linux phones, Librem 5 and Pinephone?
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