Re:Apple is removing Alex Jones and InfoWars’ podcasts from ...
by singularity2001 on Monday August 06, 2018 @04:51AM
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Apple and Google have a monopoly on the App store(s).
Re:Apple is removing Alex Jones and InfoWars’ podcasts from ...
by jiojfdsal3 on Monday August 06, 2018 @03:13AM
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The definition of an "internet service provider" is "a company that provides subscribers with access to the Internet". Almost every American has access to AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile for their mobile internet. Should these companies be allowed to block content?
Re:Apple is removing Alex Jones and InfoWars’ podcasts from ...
by wuliwong on Monday August 06, 2018 @03:31PM
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>The government allows them to have a regional monopoly in exchange for investing in the infrastructure.
Your summary of a natural monopoly is at odds with the definition in the wikipedia article you linked.
So ISPs dictating what content is acceptable would be like your garbage collection company refusing to collect political flyers for an opposing party or something. Even though it’s not technically the government, I would see it as a government sponsored entity.
Now if you want something compariable, consider the bakery refusing to serve a gay couple. Even though I support gay rights, I agree there with the Supreme Court that a private entity should not be forced to endorse speech they do not agree with. And that would be what Apple is doing here.