I mean, building a smart phone is freaking hard. I cant say, 'gosh, I want to fly in a plane that is not made by the megacorps of Boeing & Airbus'

I'd like to fly in a Logitech made airplane.

Yeah, no. Some things are hard, and only some companies (at a certain scale) can do it.

Even aerospace has more competition than smartphones: Embraer, Bombardier, Sukhoi, Antonov, Comac, and HAL -- to name just a few alternatives in passenger aviation. And there used to be a lot more manufacturers in Europe and the US as well, before the biggest capital went on a buying spree.

But you seem to be agreeing with me. I was responding to this comment:

> user agency is still a thing - and there are alternatives

Would you say that was an accurate and realistic comment?

Is this a serious question? Android has no end of generic OEMs you can pick from, that have no Google software.

You do realize that Android is Google software, right? But if you can name a few vendors that are actually shipping AOSP instead of Google's proprietary tree, I'll be sure to evaluate them.

Of all these generic OEMs you're thinking of, how many do not integrate with Google's Play Store? The only one I know of is Huawei, but that's just another unconstrained megacorp to avoid.