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Yeah GNOME exposes a bunch of settings for advanced users and extensions, you can look through them with dconf editor. PopOS isn’t the best distribution for GNOME though as it’s stuck on GNOME 42 so you’re missing out on 3 years of updates.

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They set the 70$ price point and they set the gamepass price, it’s all abstract values that they decide. That’s price anchoring at play, you think you’re getting a good deal in comparison, so of course you get the gamepass, but no matter which product you buy, microsoft wins.

It’s in the article. Each different version you maintain is an additional strain and added cost. It’s why applications are increasingly moving towards web versions.

Opening the phone to other app stores is just the first step. The second is letting the user choose an app store when they first start their phone similarly to how they already enforce browser choice.