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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by manicdee on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:46AM (#24017712)
If you want to work on your ultimate phone environment as a hobby, there is Android. If you want things to work just the way they are with the fewest surprises and least amount of finagling use Apple.

I use macOS instead of Linux for this reason: last time I tried updating the production packages on a Linux box it took me hours to clean up the mess that X11 left behind.

Don’t criticise my walled garden just because you want to experiment with weed salad in your community garden.

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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by admax88q on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:48AM (#24028676)
Whether a system "just works" or it requires finagling is or should be an orthogonal discussion to whether it respects you as a user.

Its reasonable to ask for both.

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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by manicdee on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:15PM (#24138646)
My walled garden respects me as a user, but I am the kind of user the walled garden is maintained for.
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