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You can already authorize an arbitrary third party Android app to act as an app store, the only thing stopping you is your own decision making. Can't do that with iOS. You can even build your own AOSP device from scratch if you feel like, and it would be completely compatible with everything in the Android ecosystem (assuming you did a good job). If one party is making an effort to support open software lifecycles, w…
Well, that only happens if Apple is deemed a monopoly. A non-monopoly can do whatever it wants with its store. It will take years for anything to happen, look how long it took Microsoft back in the 90s.
I love how the intellectually dishonest Apple workers downvote. As I said, this should apply to all systems that electronically attempt to “corner the market” on an unsuspecting public, for example non-critical apps running on your car’s infotainment screen, your refrigerator, digital picture frames, thermostats, ... Let the manufacturers do what they want, so long as they allow users to do what they want after they’ve forked over their cash.