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US judge orders Google to open app store to competitors (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by logos@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Controlling what happens on your systems is not anti-competitive. You can't just re-define words to mean something that's the exact opposite of what they are. The locked down system of Apple and consoles is their biggest value add. It's not "something I tolerate to buy an iPhone". It's why I buy an iPhone. They make so much money because their control of their own product makes it better. There is no such thing as a "monopoly" on your own hardware. It's literally impossible.

Google is a monopoly because they are controlling the behavior of competitors with their market position. That is always a monopoly. Controlling your own product never is.