> Imagine that Apple forced telcos to block Spotify. But they do. Telcos are not allowed to pre-install Spotify on iPhones, are they? iTunes on the other hand is pre-installed along with Safari, Apple Maps and Apple Podcast.

Of course once you have the device you can do whatever you ... can. Similarly once you have your Android phone you can install an alternative browser.

In fact I have had Samsung phones with two app stores and two browsers. Guess which one was was I unable to delete without rooting the phone first?

I am not a fan of whataboutism, but in this case it just seems unfair that the creator of a (more) open ecosystem is taking all the beating.

Note: I actually hate the search widget as well as the assistant, but there are hundreds of alternative home screen apps.