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XKCD's point stands as long as nobody has a monopoly on an important medium. Apple and Google effectively do have a duopoly on mobile app distribution, and mobi
by Zak 1y ago
XKCD's point stands as long as nobody has a monopoly on an important medium. Apple and Google effectively do have a duopoly on mobile app distribution, and mobile apps are an important medium for speech in 2025.
- mindslight 1y agoFrom the first part of your comment, it directly follows that neither Apple nor Google has a required monopoly on the important medium. IMO, we need to stop thinking in this broken paradigm of "-opolies" (with its loaded requirement to define what constitutes a given "market") and look at the actual coercive power they wield through market stickiness. Apple and Google both wield much coercive power with regards to software running on mobile devices.
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- Zak 1y agoThat does seem to be what the EU is trying to do with its "gatekeeper" classification.