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0 pointsbigbizisverywyz4y ago0 comments

By the same logic, XBOX and the OS that runs it should be separate, and the PlayStation and the OS that runs on that should also be split into separate legal entities.

But that really makes no sense either.

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wizzwizz44y ago

> By the same logic, XBOX and the OS that runs it should be separate,

That's kind of the case, nowadays; XBOX runs a slightly modified Windows 10, and you don't need to buy a Microsoft brand computer (the XBOX) to play XBOX games (you just need Microsoft Windows 10).

> and the PlayStation and the OS that runs on that should also be split into separate legal entities.

https://wiki.debian.org/PS3

And that's besides the point. Games consoles are for playing video games on, but Apple is selling a general-purpose computing device (according to the adverts, at least). Their smart watches, yeah, I can understand treating that as an embedded system, but the iPhone‽ When they're profiting from their App Store monopoly, they have ulterior motives to keep it locked down, and antitrust should swoop in to save the day.

If you can only put one OS on a device,

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