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   candycanearter07 to andal   
   Re: Why is iOS so popular in U.S. of A.?   
   23 Mar 24 05:10:05   
   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   andal  wrote at 18:21 this Friday (GMT):   
   > On 22 Mar 2024 15:48:41 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >   
   >> Newyana2  wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >>>			Why is it impossible to simply buy a   
   >>> cellphone that's not controlled by the OS provider? My TV doesn't force   
   >>> me to watch CBS TV. My car doesn't limit the supermarkets I can drive   
   >>> to.   
   >>   
   >>   As said - also to you - before, it's perfectly possible to buy a   
   >> 'cellphone' (read: mobile phone) where you - not the phone/'OS' supplier   
   >> - are in charge, but a *smart*phone indeed not so much.   
   >   
   > get a linux cellphone and you have more then smart   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   Does that exist?   
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