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There is less competition in smartphone OSes (2 dominant providers) than in most localities' high-speed internet (2 wired and 3+ wireless providers). So the sam
by gojomo 12y ago
There is less competition in smartphone OSes (2 dominant providers) than in most localities' high-speed internet (2 wired and 3+ wireless providers). So the same market-power rationales used for FCC regulation of ISPs could be used to justify strong federal regulation of the Apple & Google platforms.
- mikeash 12y agoThere's a major difference in that I can easily use a non-dominant smartphone OS if I want to, but if some ISP doesn't cover my area, I can't use them no matter how much I might want to. You're not necessarily wrong, but it's not quite the same.
- rhino369 12y agoApp and data neutrality should be next. Apple shouldn't be able to monetize the phone they already sold me by extorting 30% of all apps I buy. Google shouldn't be able to horde all the data. Make google a dumb pagerank index!