Comment by fennecfoxy

>Okay, so, why don't we see competition in places where it matters, like Airdrop, iMessage and the App Store?

Honestly, because Apple has always had the major advantage of being one company, whereas and Android market is fragments, with both prod and cons. That Samsung competes decently with Apple because they've created kind of their own ecosystem shows exactly why it is important to regular interoperability and prevent walled garden behaviours.

Otherwise we'll end up with just Apple/Samsung. Or perhaps even just Apple...which I know the cult will argue would be a great thing.

It's the same everywhere; countries with a 2 party political system always experience huge problems because of it.