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Originally Posted by anisoptera
Well it does actually, because it owns the trademark.
But aside from that it has its deal with the x86 OEMs. It has directx, office, the vast majority of commerical apps being built for it and more, it's the de facto standard and has been since the early 90s. I don't know what dimension it is that it doesn't have a monopoly... you're letting it off on a mere technicality...
That doesn't seem to have hurt android. People simply don't know and don't care and want what works and what they can run their apps on, plug their phone into, watch videos on and check their social media on - that's what drives the MS monopoly - it just snowballed and established itself. Secureboot is yet more insurance to make sure the monoploy persists. It's not so different to Android or Chromebooks.
Anyone that thinks Linux is a "choice" or a viable option for the average computer end user, is very much mistaken. Most people simply do not care, in the same way they don't care about what firmware runs their fridge. Linux is not and never was the alternative to MS Windows. The "Linux users" running android for the most part don't know or don't care that it's based on the Linux kernel. If it were based on the NetBSD kernel, it wouldn't matter either and the situation would be the same. There are SOHO devices, running Linux, sat-navs, e-readers, etc. And it's the same thing - the users don't know or don't care it's Linux. And in every case the desktop client software for such devices is MS Windows or macOS.
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Not sure where you going with this. The general public choice is Windows or Mac when comes to laptop or desktop.
When comes to smartphone or tablet it is Apple or android.
People don't like Windows or Mac than cry and built your own desktop computer barebone kits as you will not have secure boot as no OS will come with it.
You want laptop that may be problem as people don't built laptop but get it but from company like Dell,HP, Acer and so on.
That really only thing public has left.
In businesses world it comes down to money and retraining. Many don't even want leave Windows XP bceuse it cost money and restraining people never mine go with Mac or Linux.