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The "private company can do whatever it wants" crowd will not show up for this one because it doesn't suit their politics
Both the right and left get targeted by abuse of corporate/monopoly power. Both Democrat and Republican state Attorney Generals have filed antitrust lawsuits against Google.
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> The problem is the iPhone and Android platforms are the only two ways to reach many customers. Neither has a monopoly, or anything close to a monopoly. Duopolies are legal. > Web isn't first class, and there's no open standard or easy way to distribute native apps. This isn't a bad thing. People who want native apps from a source other than Apple or Google can pretty easily get them: Cydia's existed longer than the…
> People who want native apps from a source other than Apple or Google can pretty easily get them: Cydia's existed longer than the App Store has, and Google makes it easy to sideload anything. It might be easy for tech-savvy people but not for the average customer. Installing Cydia on an iPhone requires jailbreaking, I think. Sideloading is easier but you have to jump through a few hoops to be able to install apps. >…
Having domain knowledge is pretty helpful in everything. People who don't know what they're doing shouldn't play with explosives, for example. Plenty of ten year olds have jailbroken their devices, just check the jailbreak reddit. If they can do it, anyone can. Just read about it first. Epic Games got hundreds of thousands of little kids to sideload their app on Google's operating system.
> I may be misunderstanding this but how does this take away people's rights?
Forcing someone to host something takes away their right to free speech.
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> The problem is the iPhone and Android platforms are the only two ways to reach many customers. Neither has a monopoly, or anything close to a monopoly. Duopolies are legal. > Web isn't first class, and there's no open standard or easy way to distribute native apps. This isn't a bad thing. People who want native apps from a source other than Apple or Google can pretty easily get them: Cydia's existed longer than the…
> Duopolies are legal. This shit we have to put up with shouldn't be legal! I dream for the day that the DOJ forces Apple and Google to make an interoperable native platform. Or when it forces both to spin off their app marketplaces. Or requires them to allow easy installs from the web. > People who want native apps from a source other than Apple or Google can pretty easily get them That's not at all correct. You can…
You're begging for a way to enforce capitalism while taking away Apple and Google's right to practice capitalism. You're not promoting this altruistically, you're promoting it because you want to make money. Why should anyone support your right to make money over Apple's or Google's?
> You can count the percentage of people that can do this on one hand.
Anyone can do it, so long as they have access to a search engine.
> The world doesn't owe you clean air, either. But thankfully we've decided to artificially limit business to make the world a better place.
You're arguing for this as a way to limit businesses in favor of your businesses, though. You're just passing the buck! What you're advocating for helps no one aside from you (and people in your profession) and hurts consumers.
I don't like using Google or Apple products, so I don't. Vote with your wallet, don't vote for taking away rights.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it now: private companies can ban what they want! It's good for corporations to have ethics, even if I don't agree with said ethics, whether it's banning Gab or this. It's their constitutional right, and it's a responsibility that comes with having the power they do.
no.... we put a limit into what private companies can discriminate against. Private taxis would routinely refuse you service because of your ethnic background it still can happen, but it is illegal for good reasons
I sometimes ponder... they won't allow my sex chat app in the store - yet I find many apps are rated mature over 17 or something.. and a few of the top 20 search results for 'sex chat' I believe have an app in the store.. then you see this poly site kicked.. and I wonder if tinder and grindr are handing over a large enough chunk of change where the sex rules do not apply. I mean a sex chat app is mostly about chattin…
The "private company can do whatever it wants" crowd will not show up for this one because it doesn't suit their politics
What sort of political crowd is happy with "private company can do whatever it wants"? Both the right and left get targeted by abuse of corporate/monopoly power. Both Democrat and Republican state Attorney Generals have filed antitrust lawsuits against Google.
The "private company can do whatever it wants" crowd will not show up for this one because it doesn't suit their politics
I've said it before, and I'll say it now: private companies can ban what they want! It's good for corporations to have ethics, even if I don't agree with said ethics, whether it's banning Gab or this. It's their constitutional right, and it's a responsibility that comes with having the power they do.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've said it before, and I'll say it now: private companies can ban what they want! It's good for corporations to have ethics, even if I don't agree with said ethics, whether it's banning Gab or this. It's their constitutional right, and it's a responsibility that comes with having the power they do.
The US Constitution only applies within the US, it offers no rights in other territories and Google's actions might be in violation with laws in those territories
The "private company can do whatever it wants" crowd will not show up for this one because it doesn't suit their politics
I've said it before, and I'll say it now: private companies can ban what they want! It's good for corporations to have ethics, even if I don't agree with said ethics, whether it's banning Gab or this. It's their constitutional right, and it's a responsibility that comes with having the power they do.