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Is a monopoly suit the only legal way to instigate change?
by benologist 10y ago
Is a monopoly suit the only legal way to instigate change?
- skrowl 10y agoVoting with your wallet is easier and often more effective. Apple had to be stubborn here because a full Chrome and Firefox (with extensions and apps) could potential hurt their app store revenue.
- foolfoolz 10y agoi would hope so. do you want your users to legally force you to change your product because it's not what they want?
- benologist 10y agoWe're not talking about "users" we're talking about browser apps that are arbitrarily prohibited from participating properly.
- __jal 10y agoSo the "makers" of browser apps should be considered to have a more important stake in Apple's product than the users?
- benologist 10y agoUsers of iOS don't have any input over Apple policies governing whom may publish what so how are they relevant? But if you replace "users" with "Apple executives" and the end result is Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, and anyone who cares to may create an unimpeded browser... then absolutely that voice should carry more weight than "Apple executives" on this occasion.
- guelo 10y agoA new law could do it. Of course Silicon Valley claims that they are so ingenious that it would be a crime against humanity to regulate them.
- curried_haskell 10y agoDon't worry,they'll just create another start-up to inexplicably solve this problem with a new trendy web service.