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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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[–] 91 points 2 years ago (7 children)

ITT: lots of people wondering why Apple won and Google lost, but not reading the article, which explains the difference of the cases.

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    ITC: Someone not understanding the difference between not understanding and not agreeing.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, fuck that. I definitely don't agree with the ruling. iOS is far more restrictive than Android, because at least Android provides the ability to easily install alternatives (F-droid app store is an awesome alternative for many types of apps and it's all free). Sure, Android dominates the market globally, but in the US--nd many other countries-- Apple has the majority of marketshare. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ios-vs-android-market-share-135251641.html

    It's just bullshit to me that Apple gets a free pass for clearly being anti-competitive. I'm glad this trial struck down Google's app store monopoly, but all phone OS's should be forbidden from doing it.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Totally agree with your idea, but so you know Apple has lost another legal fight. Europe condemnes it for monopoly of not only App Store, but also Safari and other services. About a month ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Yeah and honestly Im fine with courts opening up the platforms more to make at ths point, but the issue is that apple got the win. People cite incentives and back doors dealings on googles end, but apple doesnt need to they just control everything by default no questions asked.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago*

    No it doesn't, it just says that the case was different and that it wasn't in front of a jury, it doesn't give the details of the difference. You have to go read the entire article from a few years ago

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