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Who cares. The whole point of free market capitalism is to have self interested actors competing to create change that benefits society as a whole. It may not w

Who cares. The whole point of free market capitalism is to have self interested actors competing to create change that benefits society as a whole. It may not work all the time but right now this is an example of the invisible hand at work. If it were not for competing business interest what human is altruistic enough to throw this many resources at taking down apples monopolistic iron grip over the app market? Support Epic not for their moral reasoning, support them because their interests align with yours.

xondono 6y ago
> Support Epic not for their moral reasoning, support them because their interests align with yours. How do you know? I don’t
- leafboi 6y ago
  You're telling me you're not interested in getting rid of apples' monopolistic policies? You're telling me that you're not aware that if epic wins then it means apple has less of a monopolistic foothold over the app store?
  - xondono 6y ago
    > You're telling me you're not interested in getting rid of apples' monopolistic policies? I’m telling you I don’t know. Are you 100% sure that all alternatives are best? What if this prompts governments to have app stores regulated as public utilities? To me that sounds like a nightmare. If I were interested in reducing the ‘monopolistic foothold’ I can always get an android phone, can’t I?
    - leafboi 6y ago
      >I’m telling you I don’t know. Are you 100% sure that all alternatives are best? Don't know what? I made a bunch of guesses but you haven't specified what you don't know. What do you mean by alternatives that are best? I am saying that apple should not impose monopolistic regulatory practices in the app store, what alternative are you talking about? >What if this prompts governments to have app stores regulated as public utilities? To me that sounds like a nightmare. Yeah like how the government regulates the stock market. Sounds like a nightmare, we should not regulate the stock market. >If I were interested in reducing the ‘monopolistic foothold’ I can always get an android phone, can’t I? The google play store does the same shit. It's essentially a dual-opoly.

xondono 6y ago

> Support Epic not for their moral reasoning, support them because their interests align with yours. How do you know? I don’t

leafboi 6y ago
You're telling me you're not interested in getting rid of apples' monopolistic policies? You're telling me that you're not aware that if epic wins then it means apple has less of a monopolistic foothold over the app store?
- xondono 6y ago
  > You're telling me you're not interested in getting rid of apples' monopolistic policies? I’m telling you I don’t know. Are you 100% sure that all alternatives are best? What if this prompts governments to have app stores regulated as public utilities? To me that sounds like a nightmare. If I were interested in reducing the ‘monopolistic foothold’ I can always get an android phone, can’t I?
  - leafboi 6y ago
    >I’m telling you I don’t know. Are you 100% sure that all alternatives are best? Don't know what? I made a bunch of guesses but you haven't specified what you don't know. What do you mean by alternatives that are best? I am saying that apple should not impose monopolistic regulatory practices in the app store, what alternative are you talking about? >What if this prompts governments to have app stores regulated as public utilities? To me that sounds like a nightmare. Yeah like how the government regulates the stock market. Sounds like a nightmare, we should not regulate the stock market. >If I were interested in reducing the ‘monopolistic foothold’ I can always get an android phone, can’t I? The google play store does the same shit. It's essentially a dual-opoly.