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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by rollcat on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:33AM (#45025649)
> Maybe it's time for a third large phone OS [...].

Apple and Google conspired to never allow that to happen. They've pushed Microsoft out of that sector. Microsoft! Name a bigger challenger.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by blinding-streak on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:36AM (#45027141)
Microsoft pushed itself out of the sector by having a lousy mobile platform.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by 0xffff2 on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:14AM (#45027756)
Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform. The only problem they had was that they failed to convince anyone to build apps for it.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by devmor on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:23AM (#45027870)
> Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform.

I went through 3 generations of Windows Phone devices for work. The only thing phenomenal about them was the Zune-style UI. They were buggy and unreliable, even for the few apps they had.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by fruitworks on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @05:02PM (#45032287)
The minor issue of not having any developers, developers, developers
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by amelius on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:44AM (#45025777)
That was before AI coding assistants.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by rollcat on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:49AM (#45025828)
A language model will create the market force to displace an oligopoly in the most influential sector of our society?

Hedge your bets.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by parineum on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:50AM (#45027360)
Considering that Google and Apple can use them too, tt's unclear to me whether you think AI coding assistants will make it easier or harder for a third competitor to enter the field.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by fennecfoxy on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @09:51AM (#45026570)
Lmao
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by fsflover on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @03:06PM (#45030823)
GNU/Linux phones already exist, although they're indeed being harmed by the duopoly.
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