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Not selling something isn't "such onerous terms". They're allowed to not sell their software for others to use.

• brainwad 8y ago
  Then why isn't Google allowed to not sell their software to others to use? Google doesn't want to let Amazon have the Play Store without following conditions, they should have that right.
  • delecti 8y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce)
    • brainwad 8y ago
      I am arguing there is no real difference between tying, and not selling to 3rd parties at all and only using your product in a vertically integrated business. Vertical integration amounts to tying with extremely onerous requirements that only the selling company (i.e. Apple) can meet.
      • delecti 8y ago
        I think it would be difficult to implement that argument without a weird slippery slope of forcing SAAS companies to sell their cloud infrastructure.