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Comment by horsawlarway

13 hours ago

At the risk of going slightly tangential here...

> since you can't select text in most delivery apps on iOS

This is all you need to know about mobile to understand we're in a complete duopoly that desperately needs a modern "ma bell" style breakup.

The fuckers who make these devices have zero interest in allowing you to do anything other than spend money with them, of which they will take their cut.

The whole thing feels optimized for trapping users, not enabling them.

To be fair to the fuckers who make these devices, that anti-feature is a choice made by the fuckers who run the delivery apps. Whether text is selectable within an app is up to the app maker.