Mobile OS Duopoly
The cluster discusses the dominance of Android and iOS as the primary mobile operating systems, comparing it to historical desktop OS competitions like Windows vs. Mac and debating the lack of viable alternatives.
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Sounds a bit like Android vs iOS (or Windows vs. MacOS).
Windows was entrenched first, this time Android (and ios) are. Also Android has an advantage, it is free and has a rich corporate patron.
Society has lot of mobile OSes to chose from, not only from Apple.
Apple/iOS is not the only mobile platform.
The amount of people without a "Microsoft/Apple/Google smartphone" (ie. not running iOS, Android, or Windows Phone [sic]) is very low in absolute and relative numbers. You might run say Sailfish OS, they have an Android emulator. Backwards compatibility is extremely important in the software ecosystem.
The problem is Android and IOS basically came at the same time and got almost same apps in them. For a new platform there is not much to innovate other than we have the same features, but not the same company. There is only way to win in this industry now. Its to create a OS which has compatibility with android apps and has excellent hardware integration.
Android is the linux of the smartphone OSes, and the iPhone OS is the windows.
Two only choices of mobile OS, thats concerning for sure.
Android and to some extent iOS, are the reason.
Mobile OSes are not the same as windows or even Mac.