> You don’t get to decide how others people’s devices work.

Perfectly reasonable. It's important that people can decide how their devices work for themselves. No one else should decide for them.

But I'm genuinely curious how you see this principle working in practice when there's effectively a duopoly. What's the path for someone who wants to still have any choices for their device? I'm not seeing an obvious answer, but maybe I'm missing something.

▲

xondono 9 days ago | parent [-]

There isn’t a duopoly, it’s just that the two top contenders are way ahead of the rest, so wanting that niche feature requires a big sacrifices.

Nowadays it’s not even that hard to build your own phone, but it’s not going to be a slick smartphone for sure

	▲	debazel 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's not possible to build your own phone in most markets anymore. Without iOS or Google Play Integrity you won't be able to install or run essential apps required for banking, taxes, healthcare, public transport, etc. This makes it impossible to compete because anyone who buys your phone are required to also buy a secondary Google approved Android or iPhone to lug around in order to function in society.