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That's a different debate IMO. Not so long ago we had external storage that only worked with Sony products. We now have headphones that only work with Apple phones.

Exclusivity always existed at weird levels, here the issue would be more about having the option to freeze/protect a product's software state to get out of the update treadmill.



> We now have headphones that only work with Apple phones.

AirPods can be used with any phone just fine.

Engineering work has been done to make them to integrate deeply into Apple's OSes, but you can definitely use them on any phone.


I was thinking about the wired lightning ones.

If we’re speaking wireless accessories I would have gone with the watch.




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