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> So I kind of hope that the EU allows third party stores, but allows Apple to place curation constraints on the sort of purchases that are available to users.
by cryptonym 6y ago
> So I kind of hope that the EU allows third party stores, but allows Apple to place curation constraints on the sort of purchases that are available to users.
If we follow the logic of Phones providing access to a market that must remain "free" and allow competition, then constraints on purchase might be something decided by society/people/governments more than a single private company?
- zepto 6y ago> then constraints on purchase might be something decided by society/people/governments more than a single private company? This is the worst possible (and likely) outcome. Stores lose the right to determine what goes in them, but an expensive government scheme replaces that.
- cryptonym 6y agoThis is literally how it's implemented in the rest of the world: store owner cannot list items that are restricted, by law. Sotres can determine what goes in them, under constraints decided by society/people/governments (law).
- zepto 6y ago> This is literally how it's implemented in the rest of the world Clearly not. Which department stores are forced to carry products they don’t want to deal with?
- cryptonym 6y agoYour proposition was allowing third party store, but in the end letting Apple choose what is good or not. I'm just saying it's risky and we already have tools to decide what is good or not. A private company in full control of rules & implementation doesn't sounds like an efficient way to open a market. That was not about forcing stores to list everything - might be an idea when there is a monopoly. Don't know if this situation exists, that's a different topic.