> Enjoy your freedom, break free from Google and Apple.

You can't escape it.

Your friends and employers and banks use it. The state will soon mandate it for ID. It's the accepted worldwide compute platform, and you're being the nail that sticks out.

Your usage is subject to breaking randomly, being unsupported, losing access or being banned by stepping outside the traffic lines, etc.

They'll use attestation, certs and signing, proprietary APIs, and the scale and might of trillions of dollars to force this.

The only way to "break free" and "enjoy your freedom" is via regulation and -- the better option -- trust busting.

The EU and ASEAN are the best bets for regulation. Getting another Lina Khan that works faster next time is the next best bet for regulation, and possibly a superior outcome that could result in a breakup opening up mobile for true competition.

Being weird in the 0.0001% will not last, nor does it help anyone else escape this monopolistic tyranny.

We need the government to pave the way for dozens of Apple/Google competitors. Or to horizontally split these two companies into dozens of "Baby Bells" that are forced to fight one another.