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Indeed, and to add to that, I'd argue that a lot of choice is very much superficial here, since Google and Apple control the service pipelines and underlying machinery that the apps use.
This is why it's very difficult to use a phone that doesn't use their platforms in the west. You end up being cut off from most useful stuff.
As always, capitalism provides us with a veneer of choice here.