What are these &quot;competitive forces&quot; that aren&#x27;t consumers choosing some platforms over others? iOS in particular wasn&#x27;t jammed down consumers&#x27; throats; early adopters frequently had to jump carriers to get one, which forced carriers that didn&#x27;t have the iPhone to accede to Apple&#x27;s demands of them.<p>That Android and iOS won via some kind of accident of history is a fairly extraordinary claim, and requires some kind of actual evidence.