[summerlight]

I already have explained; there's no alternative to iOS for apple mobile devices unless you're willing to pay more than $500 for an equivalent level of android device. If Apple allows Android to be installed to Apple devices, then things can be different though.

[xvector]

This is true with any industry. There is no alternative from Honda unless you are willing to spend <car-price> on another car.

[threeseed]

Same applies to PlayStation, XBox, Switch, FitBit, Tesla, Thermomix etc.

Pretty much the standard.

[sjwright]

In fact software monopolies on hardware isn't pretty much the standard, it's a universal reality in just about all consumer products except one—the personal computer. And even then it's exceedingly rare for a consumer to deviate from the shipped software.

[nihonde]

Are you really going to persist in claiming that Apple has a monopoly on its own products? If so, your grasp of competition rules is fatally flawed.