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by dhruvdh 1842 days ago
The email we are discussing specifically says they want to prevent customers from buying their competitors products for their friends and family.
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I don't know if they use the word "prevent" or not, but we both know that they are not in fact trying to literally "prevent" anyone from buying an Android phone. They just don't want to give them some of the benefits of iOS if they do so. No reasonable person would call that "prevent".
They are specifically and intentionally limiting the ways in which their customer can use their devices unless they buy more. Is that simple enough to understand?
No they don’t, they “limit” the way people can use Android devices.
Their customers cannot use their devices to iMessage their friends or family on Android.