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You might be interested in the upcoming Digital Markets Act by the EU that is built to address this among other things. https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.e

• panarky 3y ago
  When I sell products or services on a marketplace like eBay, Etsy, Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Steam, Shopify, Apple Store, Amazon, etc., the marketplace handles the payment and the marketplace takes a cut for themselves. How is Android any different?
  • behindsight 3y ago
    It seems the 2nd EU link of gatekeepers in my original comment is no longer loading as it was before, but this link with "_en" suffixed to it does; can't edit my previous comment though. https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en In there you will find pdfs for each entity with not only the qualifiers/assessments, but also the counter arguments they presented. For example, here is one from Alphabet that also brings up your point in the counter argument https://ec.europa.eu/competition/digital_markets_act/cases/202344/DMA_100002_145.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/competition/digital_markets_act/cases/2...