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It's been discussed to death on here. One side believes there's a risk of companies leaving the App Store if that monopoly's broken, which would make things wo
by yamtaddle 4y ago
It's been discussed to death on here.
One side believes there's a risk of companies leaving the App Store if that monopoly's broken, which would make things worse for them than the current situation.
The other thinks that's bullshit because that hasn't happened on Android.
The first notes that Android hasn't restricted Facebook practices such that Facebook's blaming them for significant earnings misses, so, you know, things might play out a little differently on iOS than it did on Android, and also this group prefer the status quo to even the best-likely outcome from shaking that up, so no amount of risk to it is worth it to them (us).
Except usually instead of writing it out plainly like that, the pro-Apple poster writes something shorter and less well-considered, probably assuming certain parts of that are obvious and don't need to be written out, the other jumps on it, a flamewar ensues, and the next time around we get a sea of comments that are like "I just don't understand how this would hurt Apple-lovers, they can just stay on the App Store" and it all repeats.
- trap_goes_hot 4y agoIts BS to think Apple is the cop that is going to fight your fights. Apple only cares about money, and they're going to obediently abide by local laws - see China. We need more/stronger laws, we don't need to give Apple more power.
- yamtaddle 4y agoYes, of course, I agree. Again, I'd rather a bunch of the stuff Apple prohibits were simply illegal (plus a few things they don't) and that several huge companies, including Apple, were broken up into a dozen or more parts. But in the meantime I'm glad to have one platform where some of those practices are effectively illegal, at least. The second government steps up I'll be thrilled to see them smashed to bits (and hopefully not only them—and hey, those others don't have to wait as far as I'm concerned!).
- trap_goes_hot 4y agoMoney = Power. Why would Apple allow this breaking up? Its naive to think otherwise, see what is happening in South Korea with Samsung accounting for like 25% of the economy. They're untouchable in South Korea.
- lofaszvanitt 4y agoThat is an umbrella of 15+ companies in multiple segments of the market.
- trap_goes_hot 4y agoYes, that structure is complex by-design. Its to do with inheritance taxes, and the family trying to maintain control via holding companies. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62501514 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62501514 Apple has a somewhat complicated (though common for large US corporations) structure too. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-subsidiaries-are-named-for-apples-2016-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-subsidiaries-are-named... https://www.wired.com/2016/08/apple-rest-silicon-valley-avoids-tax-man/ https://www.wired.com/2016/08/apple-rest-silicon-valley-avoi...