phiofx
Legal systems (the world over) are what they are. Complex and obfuscated decision systems, more a collection of historical accidents than a coherent moral and logical framework to regulate human affairs.
Assuming they are independent and not corrupt in the first place, the next weakness is the ability of the powerful to navigate around them with impunity, employing the proverbial army of lawyers.
So count your blessings, this seems to be a good day for the future of tech
Cassidy James Blaede
@gcvsa so the fact that the majority mobile platform in the US (you know, where the case took place and the place where US regulators have jurisdiction) was able to shrug a similar suit off a couple years back is what is wild to me. Apple fully controls that majority platform on which Epic literally cannot offer an alternative game store, while Epic *does* offer a three-click install for Fortnite that easily bypasses Google’s entire app store on Android.
Cassidy James Blaede
@gcvsa I'm not saying regulators shouldn't pressure Google, but also, the platform is far, *far* more open than Apple’s which has a *single manufacturer* absolutely controlling *the majority of smartphones* in the country, with zero real competition allowed on their platform.
Cassidy James Blaede
@gcvsa Apple has over a 50% market share in the US, and Android is the only platform between the two that actually allows you to use alternative app stores, install apps from outside of an app store, and bypass the default app store altogether. Google doesn’t control what apps you can install, whereas Apple literally does—and Apple has used their position to block entire categories of apps like browsers that actually compete with Safari and game streaming services that compete with Apple Arcade.
gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭
@cassidy What’s “wild” about that? Apple controls only the devices made by Apple. Google controls the devices made by virtually *everyone else*. What about the word “monopoly” was incomprehensible?
Android’s global marketshare of phones is over 70%. Do you not understand the meaning of the word “majority”?
Cassidy James Blaede
Pretty wild to me that the mobile platform that has majority market share in the US, doesn’t allow users to install apps from outside of their own tightly-controlled store, requires all purchases to be served through that store with a platform fee, doesn’t allow users to sideload their own apps, doesn’t allow entire categories of apps like browser engines and game streaming, and doesn’t even allow users to set their own preferred apps in many cases is not a monopoly… but Android somehow is??
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