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The current internet giants got huge monopolistic like power that many dictators of many countries would envy. The set their rules, execute them, and judge them
by jakozaur 6y ago
The current internet giants got huge monopolistic like power that many dictators of many countries would envy. The set their rules, execute them, and judge them.
The platform is essentially a boundled product. E.g. Apple can hurt Spotify or bully to 30% fee, using rejections so their inferior service can be more competitive.
Once you get monopolistic network effort your platform needs to be an utility. Imagine electric or water company refusing to sell you services or increasing price way beyond the costs.
I believe once you become a platform there should be an independent nano-courthouse where you can appeal. Today being rejected or having listing hijacked on Apple, Amazon, or Google platform is equivalent to the economical death penalty for many businesses.
It should be possible to pay $100 by individuals or $1000 by businesses and appeal to an independent nano-courthouse if the original platform rejects or blocks you. If you win, the appeal fee is refunded and the platform has to cover the cost. If you lose, your $100 or $1000 is gone.
- piva00 6y agoI posted a comment [0] on the duped topic that relates to this. Anti-trust is well overdue for the internet giants (Apple, Google, Facebook). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23548967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23548967
- grishka 6y agoIMO this problem calls for a technical solution, not an organizational one. It should be required, by law, for platforms this widespread to allow installing apps without platform owner involvement. Let there be many scary warnings like there actually are on Android when you install an apk file, but it has to be possible. It's the only way. Adding more bureaucracy on top of existing bureaucracy won't help much because you'll still have to play by the platform owners' arbitrary nonsense rules.
- quantummkv 6y agoIt is an organizational problem and not a technical one. These is zero technical difficulty or challenge for Apple to allow sideloading. The have done it on the mac. And google has it on android.