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		zepto on Sept 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to p... “it would never be a device competing in the mobile app market” This is false at face value. If they put cellular functionality and an open app store on the device, it would be de-facto competing in the mobile app market.

realusername on Sept 24, 2020 [–]

That's not what defines the mobile app market, what makes the mobile app market is that the device can replace a computer. Even if you could put a SIM card into a Nintendo Switch, that would still just be a Nintendo Switch.

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