| ▲ | afavour 7 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
But the alternative is another monopolistic tech giant. There is no viable third platform. So I agree with OP, the answer is breaking them up. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bhelkey 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Pixel phones have an unlocked bootloader. One can load GrapheneOS onto those phones without needing to jailbreak them. Even without flashing a new OS, one can install third party app stores (e.g. F-Droid) with open source apps and/or side-load modified versions of those apps. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | balarjin 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> There is no viable third platform. There is no "viable third platform" because people don't vote against the two existing ones with their wallets. Can you name an example where a government succeeded in breaking up a monopoly, and the result was better for consumers? AT&T, IBM, and Microsoft were all "broken up", but it didn't make a difference for consumers. In every case, a competitor forced them to change their ways. | |||||||||||||||||
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