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A comment on Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by redwall_hp on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:10PM (#22057359)
Wouldn't Palm, Windows CE and Newton be a better analogue than dumbphones? The original iPhone had more in common with PDAs and the first wave of smartphones (Nokia N800 et al) than with little Motorola flip phones.
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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by hrktb on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:28PM (#22058115)
“dumbphones” had very useful and prolific apps with integrated carrier billing depending on the country.

Motorola phones might have been truely “dumb”, that wasn’t true for a Casio or a Panasonic phone for instance.

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