Comment by mexicocitinluez
2 hours ago
Yes, trapping users into their walled hardware garden so they can rent seek.
You buy a phone, and you're forever forced into buying only their peripherals.
2 hours ago
Yes, trapping users into their walled hardware garden so they can rent seek.
You buy a phone, and you're forever forced into buying only their peripherals.
That’s demonstrably untrue.
You could say that there are Apple devices that do not work well or don’t work at all without another Apple device, and off the top of my head I would say the only ones are the Watch and the HomePod, but most alternative devices work fine with Apple ones, e.g Chromecast, Garmin watches, Google Home hubs, etc.
And even so, the same could be said about Android only features and devices, e.g. Samsung Watch doesn’t work without an Android phone, Google Earbuds are feature capped on iPhone, etc.
IMO, if we are looking at rent seeking behaviors, Google shoving Gemini down the throats of Google Home users, with no chance of rolling back if they don’t like it, is way worse.