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> Imo going after for Google for antitrust is like cracking down on jwalking and ignoring the murders taking place downtown That’s an awful analogy. Google is
by left-struck 2y ago
> Imo going after for Google for antitrust is like cracking down on jwalking and ignoring the murders taking place downtown
That’s an awful analogy. Google is clearly a monopoly on many fronts. Sure, apple aren’t great either but you have to start somewhere, and this is clearly not like going after petty crimes compared to murder.
- cageface 2y ago"Starting somewhere" and then waiting years to follow up with the rest of the market is essentially picking winners and losers in this domain. At the pace these things move by the time the DOJ looked at Apple the damage to competition on mobile would be irreversible.
- left-struck 2y agoApollo’s complaint in their comment was that what apple is doing compared to what google is doing is like murder vs jaywalking. That’s obviously not true.
- cageface 2y agoSure let's be pedantic about the analogy without actually addressing your main claim.
- left-struck 2y agoI didn’t say this in my comment but my angle is that the critics here seem to be making this an apple v google thing, which is tired thing that I have no interest in, and neither should anyone else. This is really about big tech vs the people, so who cares which big tech company lines up first.
- cageface 2y agoHow is it good for the people if they’re all herded into Apple's walled garden because that’s all that’s left?