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The tech titans that rule the Internet have many ways to maintain power. One way is to create effective monopolies of their app ecosystems - making them the guardians of what apps people can access when buying devices from Apple or Google.

This power is more insidious than most people realize - for example, Apple will take down apps at the request of state powers such as the Chinese Communist Party and the Indian government fairly frequently. In essence, Apple and Google offer a perfect chokepoint for countries worldwide to shape the Internet according to their censorship.