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0 pointszamadatix1y ago0 comments

I can see why they'd want to say "our competitor does it worse but we're the only ones being regulated". Sure, they'd rather not be regulated at all... but, if they are, then they want to be regulated no worse than their competitor.

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mvdtnz1y ago

Well because it's their competitor, who now has a huge legally-enforced advantage.

Electricniko1y ago

I liked the absurdity of one of the top comments on the Verge article, which was that under the requirements of this ruling, Apple could open up an app store for Android and Google would be forced to put it on their Play Store.

freedomben1y ago

Meanwhile, Google can't even put their own wildly popular web browser on the Apple app store

SllX1y ago

Chrome is on there and people still use it. It’s just not using Blink. Web browser ≠ rendering engine.

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rezonant1y ago

A meaningless advantage.

Apple does not compete with Google to distribute apps on Android and Google does not compete with Apple to distribute apps on iOS.

The value (to consumers) of the App Store is not that it is so locked down, but rather that it is the only way for people to put apps on the phones they have already bought.

But wait, you might say, Apple actually can open an app store on Android and compete with Google now!

But c'mon, it'll be a cold day in hell when Apple helps make the case that these rules should also apply to them.

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