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This is what monopolization looks and feels like. Google Play is less of a monopoly within its ecosystem than Apple’s App Store is, but in both cases you have a
by putzdown 8y ago
This is what monopolization looks and feels like. Google Play is less of a monopoly within its ecosystem than Apple’s App Store is, but in both cases you have a monopoly that brooks no competition and is consequently unaccountable and, well, evil. The only way to fix this is to force Google and Apple to allow alternative markets/stores on their platforms.
- simonh 8y agoiOS user so Ive no idea, but I thought they did? Isn’t there a setting in Android to enable sideloading, and lots of phone manufacturers include their own app stores, notably Samsung. Or is this comment a sarcastic ‘why don’t they just do X’, when everyone knows they already do X? In which case what dies the ‘brooks no competition’ comment mean? Honest question.