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> Maybe it's time for a third large phone OS [...].

Apple and Google conspired to never allow that to happen. They've pushed Microsoft out of that sector. Microsoft! Name a bigger challenger.

>>rollca+(OP)
That was before AI coding assistants.

>>ameliu+42
A language model will create the market force to displace an oligopoly in the most influential sector of our society?

Hedge your bets.

>>ameliu+42
Lmao

>>rollca+(OP)
Microsoft pushed itself out of the sector by having a lousy mobile platform.

>>ameliu+42
Considering that Google and Apple can use them too, tt's unclear to me whether you think AI coding assistants will make it easier or harder for a third competitor to enter the field.

>>blindi+4o
Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform. The only problem they had was that they failed to convince anyone to build apps for it.

>>0xffff+Zx
> Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform.

I went through 3 generations of Windows Phone devices for work. The only thing phenomenal about them was the Zune-style UI. They were buggy and unreliable, even for the few apps they had.

>>rollca+(OP)
GNU/Linux phones already exist, although they're indeed being harmed by the duopoly.

>>0xffff+Zx
The minor issue of not having any developers, developers, developers