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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago

So you repkied to me qualifying that it is an effective duopoly by saying that there are other companies which is what is implied in what I said?

Who is dense when you can't understand the practicalities of real life and how business interact with our lives. You can get a linux phone, which is probably below .5% of market share and then sandbox android to use these apps...which is in itself necessitating the use of a google product.

I could walk into the bank also or not talk to people but effectively there are two manufacturers with a duopoly on consumer mobile communications enviromments.

"There are ways" is some cop out bullshit.