[simonh]

There have been many, many other competitors, some of which had huge market share to start with. The market decided this, not Apple. There has been plenty to choose from over the years. Consumers chose the options that won, because those are the ones they want.

I don’t want to put words in your mouth, but to paraphrase in saying there is ‘only one’ choice in the market that is truly open you seem to be arguing that any second option ought to be too. That competition on openness is more important that there even being a closed option at all. Surely that would give consumers less choice though, not more?

But as I have pointed out, there have been plenty of other options and every now and then a ‘truly’ open phone comes out again.