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How is that unpopular? I think all but a fairly vocal minority of people (probably direct/indirect beneficiaries) would agree.
by rusk 6y ago
How is that unpopular? I think all but a fairly vocal minority of people (probably direct/indirect beneficiaries) would agree.
- WA 6y ago"Their platform, their rules" – there are many people who say this, especially on HN.
- bluescrn 6y agoBecause they're all trying to build platforms, probably
- numpad0 6y agoAre we doing “temporally embarrassed platformers” now
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- anoncake 6y agoAren't startups just temporarily embarrassed FTAANGs?
- ObserverNeutral 6y ago>> Because they're all trying to build platforms, probably Or not building products which collide with platforms. As a general rule, if you have to use offensive lawsuits you are not smart enough to do it cleanly. This is true in business and everywhere else
- malka 6y agoThe problem is not the rules themselves. The rules applies to Spotify, but not to Apple music. Apple should make Apple music a separate entity, and make it pay 30%.
- harywilke 6y agoNo company should have the power to tell another company that they must split up into separate entities.
- gambiting 6y agoCompany? No. But a government can absolutely do this and it's a thing that happens all the time, even in the US.
- dkirill 6y agoNo company, but the government should be able to
- gcthomas 6y agoApple has built itself up into a vertical monopoly, which used to be illegal. There is no good reason to allow anti-competitive behaviours. They shouldn't be allowed to host the platform and compete with applications at the same time.
- simondotau 6y agoAnd yet vertical integration is a big part of why Apple products are so loved. By denying the option of vertical integration, you’re forcing the totality of products we use to be incrementally a little bit more crap.
- malka 6y agoyou can have vertical integration. But having an advantage at one layer should no be leveraged as advantage to another layer. Apple is free to make a music player. But its music player should abide by the same rules as other players in the market. Either Apple Music has its income cut by 30%, or no one does.
- simondotau 6y agoPersonally I’d have no problem if Apple was forced to give all streaming music services like Spotify a sweetheart (below cost) percentage, say 5%, which wouldn’t cover the totality of merchant fees, gift voucher markups, and dealing with fraud.
- gcthomas 6y agoIf only the refrain was "EU's territory, EU's rules". No platform can operate in isolation from the laws of the places they wish to trade.
- Mindwipe 6y agoThe vocal minority are very active on HN's voting mechanics.
- rusk 6y agoSsh don't mention "the thing"!