I don't either. Don't we have free market capitalism? Why don't I have a Linux phone? And why do I need to worry that my government and banking apps won't work if I get a Linux phone?

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rcxdude 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because in a free market you can't compel someone to support your niche platform, nor even compel someone to create the niche platform you want. The market for a Linux phone is tiny because there's almost no reason for the average phone user to prefer it over android.

	▲	fsflover 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> you can't compel someone to support your niche platform You mean, a browser?

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post-it 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because you don't have capital.

	▲	gf000 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		well, apparently not even Microsoft had enough capital. It's almost like the free market only works when we have well-defined and regulated markets. This has been known by Adam Smith and quite logical, yet people expect Google and Apple giga-corporations with monopolies to somehow abide by the laws of selling grains on the market.

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attila-lendvai 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

no, we don't, far from it.

(which doesn't mean there's not a lot farther from here).

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realusername 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Don't we have free market capitalism?

Not in the mobile world no, it's not a free market by any means