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People freaked at Microsoft because at the time they were essentially a monopoly. Apple has nothing like a monopoly. Do we need to go through this every time someone tries to make this broken comparison?

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Yes, because it's STILL a shitty excuse for millions of iOS users to not be able to use and install some types of apps on their devices.

When you deal with a commercial product your are subject to what vendor wants the product to be.

Don't like it? Buy elsewhere and help other vendors.

I do not care for those that give the money to Apple and then complain.

And Apple doesn't have a monopoly on iOS?

With this (uncommon) usage of the word "monopoly", all companies of course have monopolies on their own products. Honda: monopoly on Accord, etc.

This isn't what monopoly means in normal legal usage.

edit: typo

As defined by law, no.

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