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		jokethrowaway on Oct 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proposed EU rule may mean you can finally delete s... Because it's a non issue and not enough customers care. I don't buy Apple precisely because of their golden walls and not being able to install custom apps. I consider Android to be good enough though, and I use most of the pre-installed apps from Google. Another law from the EU which will make it even harder for a competitor to come up.

doublesCs on Oct 3, 2020 [–]

Can you spell how exactly this law makes it harder for a competitor to come up?

Because if you don't, you'll sound like you're just parroting the generic (and generically false) old "regulations are bad for business".

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