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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by AsyncAwait on Saturday November 14, 2020 @08:52AM (#25092274)
Right. But as a proponent of open devices, neither Google/Android nor Microsoft got me there, because their policies were similar towards the customer, if anything MS was leaning heavier towards the walled garden approach of iOS.

So what did the existence of a third player with identical approach bring?

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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by Closi on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:07AM (#25102177)
> So what did the existence of a third player with identical approach bring?

Like I said, competition with Android. Not just for consumers, but for manufacturers too.

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