Ariel Lighterman

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Government Didn’t Save Us From Apple’s iPhone “Monopoly”

11/22/2017 Mises Wire Ariel Lighterman

In 2007 Apple Inc made a move that changed the whole High-Tech world when it launched the first iPhone. The iPhone easily dethroned Nokia, and became the first smartphone that appealed to technophiles...

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