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by dharma1 4306 days ago
Facebook doesn't commoditise hardware - but otherwise you're right. However, for hundreds of millions of people buying their first smartphones iProducts isn't even a viable option, while a sub $100 Android phone is. And those devices will be their gateway to the internet. So maybe something good will come out of it too

And I guess you can opt out of the Google tracking ecosystem even on "Android" hardware