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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by Chirael on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:05PM (#15011608)
When I go to google.com with a browser other than Chrome, I see a pop-up "Switch to Chrome, a smarter browser. Google recommends using Chrome. Try it? [Yes]" Each company leverages what they have to try to push you further into their ecosystem (or as Bruce Schneier would say, further indentured to that feudal lord).
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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by ryukafalz on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:34PM (#15012602)
There's a pretty significant difference though. One is a message on a company's homepage, the other is a limitation baked into the OS.

At least on Android, clicking a location link will allow you to open it in any installed application that's registered to handle it.

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