> androids and iphones are approximately the same thing

Yet...

  Android holds 70.6% of global active devices to iOS at 28.7%, but iOS captures 64.2% of consumer app spend. [1]

> and the training is set up democratically and through universities and via multi-state funding

Possible, certainly. But this case also applies to China and its "open-weights" strategy. They won't be able to form companies either or get ahead.

[1] https://www.digitalapplied.com/blog/mobile-os-market-share-2...