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Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by majewsky on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:07AM (#20755608)
> You are free to buy a Linux or windows laptop, not create a Facebook account, subscribe to Hulu, not Shop amazon, use fast mail etc...

Try participating in modern society without an Android or Apple smartphone or tablet. It's still possible, but becoming more difficult each day.

(And to clarify, I don't mean "leave your phone at home today". I mean not owning a smartphone or tablet at all.)

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Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by jaredklewis on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:38AM (#20764678)
Well sure, I agree that there are only 2 smartphone OSes on the market. But how is that an argument for breaking up the tech companies? Breaking up the tech companies is not going to produce more smartphone OSes.
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Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by majewsky on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:45AM (#20765621)
No, but it would make it harder for them to use that duopoly to gain market share elsewhere through bundling.
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Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by RussianCow on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:45AM (#20758307)
On the other hand, there are now a couple companies like Purism and Pine that are working on pure Linux smartphones. We'll see if any of them are successful in the long run, but I think that's a pretty good example of the market doing its thing and creating competition.
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