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> How is it not illegal for the platform to force the use of their own payment service? A) Legislators haven't caught up with how the (digital) world works, so
by capableweb 5y ago
> How is it not illegal for the platform to force the use of their own payment service?
A) Legislators haven't caught up with how the (digital) world works, so they don't even understand what is happening
B) These "stores" are run by two of the biggest companies on the planet (Apple and Google), so big that they can afford to spend countless amount of money to lobby and influence the legislators so the discussions never even hit the table
C) Both of the above
> Isn't this classic misuse of a monopoly?
Not really. While the App Store has monopoly on distributing apps on iOS, Apple and iPhone are far off from being a monopoly as more people have Android phones. Android phones allow side-loading so can't really claim Android has any misuse of a (potential) monopoly.
- stephc_int13 5y agoSideloading on Android is not viable. And Google is working hard to enforce this situation. This might be a monopoly. Or at least, I think the current scrutiny from legislators is fully warranted and we should not jump to conclusions because AFAIK the jury will be out for a while.
- distances 5y agoAlternative app stores can finally do automatic updates with Android 12: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-alternative-app-stores-update-apps-background/ https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-alternative-app-st... I don't know the details, but I imagine this is pre-emptive move from Google to avoid monopoly judgements.