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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by coldtea on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:19PM (#23851114)
That's because Microsoft allows it, and (b) Microsoft has a monopoly on their market (not on the "Windows market", but like 98% on the whole Home/Enterprise PC space) and abused it so they were forced to open up.

If Microsoft had just a small share of the Home/Enterprise market with Windows, they'd could close it in any way they want, same way the game companies do for their consoles or Apple for iOS.

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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by mD5pPxMcS6fVWKE on Monday July 20, 2020 @12:30PM (#23899407)
I think the answer is much simpler: at the time Windows was created, no one in their most sadistic totalitarian dream could have imagined such evil as an app store.
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