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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by jononor on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:24PM (#35821570)
Appliances are not end user computing, but embedded computing - the OS is incidental and under full control of the manufacturer. Some might argue that even mobile phones are not sufficiently under the control of end users to qualify.
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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by randomdata on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:55PM (#35821937)
> Appliances are not end user computing

They are when the end user is using them. Think things like TVs or even thermostats.

> the OS is incidental and under full control of the manufacturer.

For all intents and purposes Linux has won where those conditions aren’t met.

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