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0 pointsPerceval16y ago0 comments

Grandparent is probably thinking along the lines of a local monopoly, analogous to an old company town: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

The analogy is not perfect, since you can buy mp3s and movies and ebooks from other services. But on iPhones and iPads the barriers to getting content from non-iTunes sources is certainly higher than it otherwise would be on a regular Mac (or any other PC for that matter).

full disclosure: lifelong Apple user

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gfodor16y ago

Here's an idea: someone can come along and build something half has good as the iPhone ecosystem. Who's stopping them?

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