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You should lobby your nearest EU politician to stop platform-holders from creating anti-competitive conditions. It damages the market, and requires regular scru
by smoldesu 3y ago
You should lobby your nearest EU politician to stop platform-holders from creating anti-competitive conditions. It damages the market, and requires regular scrutiny to prevent the corporate bean counters from deploying salami tactics.
Because guess what? Apple isn't going away, their hardware will continue to be popular, and companies will compete with them regardless. Just because one business tactic has been deemed anticompetitive doesn't mean everything is, let alone that you can't continue providing the same features under fair pretenses. Apple chooses how they respond to the legislation, and right now they are deliberately steering themselves in the most victimizing and infantile direction possible. It makes me embarrassed to be an American, where many consider this behavior an... attribute of free-market patriotism. Barf.
- overstay8930 3y agoLiterally anytime anyone has said "X will exist forever" has just been proven wrong by time, that's how green you sound.
- smoldesu 3y agoI didn't say they'd exist forever, just that they'd continue being around. Apple could profit $0 for the next decade and have enough cash-on-hand to continue operations for several years. It's not realistic that Apple would cease to exist immediately anyways - that's not how antitrust works. If Apple dematerializes one day, I give you full permission to intrude on my latest comment and break the good news. There are two champagne bottles I'd like to open and I've been saving them for such an occasion.