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famous call to inaction that brought us to the shitty situation we face today
What specific action would have precluded Google from no longer open sourcing Android drivers for the reference device and locking down their app situation in response to the anti-trust ruling? Please enlighten me.
right now? nothing because they already have a practigal monopoly... due, in great part, by the "it's not so bad" crowd who continue to tolerate shitty corpo behaviour until "oh shit, it'really bad now"
How would a more panicked attitude remove Google's ownership from the OS they own? I am confused.
it's not panicked, it's just a rejection of monopolistic practices... but you illustrate my point fantasticly by equating consumer rejection to panick... can't escape consumerism, eh?
Uh... okay 👍