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It feels silly to me to assess based on number of companies playing. If the market were three or four companies all behaving exactly like Apple, there still is
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
It feels silly to me to assess based on number of companies playing.
If the market were three or four companies all behaving exactly like Apple, there still is a clear & present need for government intervention, a clear "consumer harm" by creating technological intermediary overlords with total control over information technology.
Apple defenders love pointing out that there is choice, that folks can go to Android. But what if Android were just as lawful-evil malevolent a force?
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago> Apple defenders love pointing out that there is choice, that folks can go to Android. But what if Android were just as lawful-evil malevolent a force? There were non-Google and non-Apple choices out there (I used Windows Phone for awhile and kind of liked it), and people still didn't want them. I personally don't care what other people buy, but I don't want the choice taken away from me to buy into what I see as a much saner platform than the free liberalized non-evil overlord choice that would be forced on me for what people would claim for my own good. Consumer choice should really account for something here.
- jmye 3y ago> But what if Android were just as lawful-evil malevolent a force? Unnecessarily hyperbolic. I don’t see it as “malevolent” that there aren’t multiple app stores of questionable quality, where I have to go hunt for apps I need. I don’t begrudge anyone who chooses not to use an Apple device, who chooses not to publish their program on an Apple device, or who prefer a device they can change anything on. But I would think we don’t need every single phone to be identical to satisfy a small number of Android users who don’t want to understand any use case but their own.