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0 pointsnaravara1y ago0 comments

If you chose Android because it’s open, then the judge has just forced Google to make it more open for you.

If someone chose iOS because it’s closed then the judge has decided it can stay mostly closed.

Also Google is where it is because they pitched a platform that was friendlier for carriers to load up with crapware than Apple was. It wasn’t really openness for openness’ sake. If Google hadn’t done that we might have been in a world where Palm or Microsoft were the secondary or primary player next to iOS.

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lolinder1y ago

I'm not really concerned about what will happen to Android—worst case scenario at this point, the community forks it and I use the fork.

I'm concerned about the precedent this sets. As long as this is the state of US law, we won't see another open platform developed in the US because these rulings together say that the only way to be sure you're not punished for anti-competitive behavior is to ensure that no one can ever define a "market" around your platform. Only a fully walled garden is safe.

spunker5401y ago

Google is not being punished for being “open”. It’s being punished for pressuring OEMs and app developers into illegal contracts behind closed doors, or in other words using its monopoly position in anti competitive ways.

Apple published the rules for their App Store over a decade ago and has largely stood by them so Apple is not being punished.