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Australian regulator calls for new competition laws for digital platforms (www.reuters.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/apple@hardware.watch
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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (10 children)

Thing is it’s a private company and you are under no obligation to buy their products. Let customers choose what they want. They’re also not doing this industry wide so it’s really not benefitting people

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Thing is the EU and probably Australia don’t care for this kind of corporate apologism and recognise the danger of complete platform lockdown. This just increases customer choice within a platform. If you actually cared about choice you’d applaud it.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    They are offering something no one else is, the EU want's to remove it from the market and people who value choice should applaud it?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What are they offering? A closed platform that arbitrarily stops perfectly valid apps over idiotic concerns of “competition”?

    When people say Apple fans are sheep this is what they mean.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I want companies like microsoft, adobe, and others to go through the app store, because otherwise they're a fucking plague on the system and install a bunch of stupid shit that is hard to get rid off.

    But if they go through apples system, getting rid of things is really quite easy.

    Probably not as much of an issue on iOS, but if macOS is any indication of what's in store for sideloading, no fucking thanks, I'd much prefer my walled garden.

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    "When people say Apple fans are sheep this is what they mean.

    there are words for people that talk like this as well, hint none of them are pleasant.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Are you forgetting that Australia isn’t Somalia? They have laws and regulations around competition. If Apple wants to do business in Australia they have to follow the law. “But I don’t want to!” isn’t a good argument.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Actually no. It’s a major computing platform. Your argument is flawed. By you saying this is ok for apple then you must also be ok with the possibility that tomorrow Microsoft can do the same to windows and apple can do it to osx and google to android. What’s good for one has to be acceptable for all. Eventually every platform can be locked to one and only one source of apps completely killing competition.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Argument is flawed how? You are not required to use Apple devices or services. I would argue that their products are a premium purchase if anything. They are nowhere near a majority marketshare in any sector they compete in.

    That’s up to them. There are still other options.

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