• pandacoder@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Locked down App Store on iOS (EU is trustbusting this one)

    Locked down PlayStation ecosystem

    Locked down Xbox ecosystem

    Locked down Switch ecosystem

    Regional monopolies by ISPs

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      11 months ago

      So they are still not absolute in that the users still get to buy a PC or an Android phone or get satellite connectivity via a global ISP, which boils the issue down to inconvenience/cost/hardship, not the absence of alternatives.