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Smartphones are just small PCs with touch screens. They should have similar vendor/customer dynamics: no app store monopoly, no inserting yourself in my private
by a_wild_dandan 3y ago
Smartphones are just small PCs with touch screens. They should have similar vendor/customer dynamics: no app store monopoly, no inserting yourself in my private business transactions to extort some rent seeking 30% middleman fee, etc. The present behavior of this "mobile PC" duopoly is absolutely nuts, and needs a reckoning for their anti-consumer behavior.
- neodymiumphish 3y agoAll of that is a known entity before buying an iPhone though. You don't have a right to change the terms you agreed to before/at purchase. I'd rather not be limited to Apple's app store, but if I buy an iPhone, I'm accepting its involvement in the purchase. I don't get to go back and say "oh yeah, and I demand that you remove these conditions." Android allows for alternative app stores, yet they're barely worth mentioning. That's a tell that the market doesn't care whether a smartphone ties users to a single app vendor or not. > no inserting yourself in my private business transactions to extort some rent seeking 30% middleman fee, etc Except that Spotify can avoid the 30% fee, so that's hardly a good description.
- chrisjj 3y ago> I'm accepting its involvement in the purchase. You had no choice. You may be OK with that. Not everyone is.