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growse on Aug 13, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

> Does Apple also have a monopoly on writing the OS that runs on iPhones?

Yes, of course. But I think the issue might be the extent to which this is an artificial monopoly, rather than a natural one.

m4rtink on Aug 14, 2020 | [–]

It should be perfectly possible to run custom OS on all Apple hardware if it was not for the artificial limitations they added.

wheelie_boy on Aug 19, 2020 | [–]

I doubt other companies would want to create their own device drivers

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