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		wepple on June 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan enacts law to promote competition in smartph... Because Sony phones were clearly excellent which is why everyone bought them, and made them the success they are today? What exactly do you want out of “lots of competition”?

alt227 on June 13, 2024 [–]

Sorry, I must have missed Sonys OS and App store platform. Please tell me what phones I can see these on?

wepple on June 13, 2024 | [–]

The Xperia has/had a proprietary Sony-Ericsson OS.

But your point is moot anyhow; Sony can’t innovate. So they’ll regulate their way back to awesomeness?

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