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Google originally did not want to make any money from Android's app store (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you just simply make an operating system, that alone would increase competition.

Would it? An OS by itself that doesn't have anything to run has little value. The whole reason Microsoft got its monopoly was because it became the standard for most desktop software.

[–] rob299 3 points 10 months ago

I think so, the reason why Linux isn't as successful even though it's free is because it is complex. With Windows, you just buy a windows. WIth apple you just buy a Mac. with Nintendo, you just buy a Nintendo. With Linux, you gotta know how to hack your computer and you got to pick a distro. (i'm exaggerating a little on the hacking part, but that's how people see it.)

Or maybe we could get a centralised open sourced os that does not have anything to do with Linux, since that's being took over by Microsoft and other investors in the Linux foundation anyways that have been known to use Macs themselves. Just for the sake of simplicity and competition that actual works for people.