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All three allow games, music, and dating to happen outside of their platforms. The Apple equivalent would be Microsoft not allowing any program being installed

All three allow games, music, and dating to happen outside of their platforms. The Apple equivalent would be Microsoft not allowing any program being installed from outside their store or Tinder closing down all bars in a city to lower competition.

dleslie 6y ago
I can't sell my music streaming service on Spotify. I can't provide my own dating service on Tinder. I can't operate my own app store on EGS. Edit: what, I can't expect them to abide by their own demands of Apple?
zepto 6y ago
What does apple not allow outside it’s platform? How would they even control that?
- Floegipoky 6y ago
  There is nothing _but_ their platform- from the hardware, to OS, to app store, they're arguing that their platform encompasses an entire vertically-integrated business model. Microsoft got nailed for shipping their web browser with their OS (which users could easily replace), but it's fine for Apple to control all software a user can install? Take a monopoly and call it a platform, and it's fine? No. I have little love for Epic, but I'm glad somebody has the money to try to buy some law that will ultimately result in users having more control over the technology they depend on.
  - 52-6F-62 6y ago
    > users having more control over the technology they depend on. Bit of a chicken/egg problem there isn't it? I bought the iOS device and depend on it being as locked down as it is—that's why I bought it. I wasn't force to choose an iOS device for any reason. If I depended on more openness I could have gone with an Android or other device. Do I depend on having a phone? Yes. Does it matter which one? No—the choice is there.
- Aldo_MX 6y ago
  Prices, you are literally not allowed to offer cheaper prices outside the App Store.