Re:Aptoide wins court battle against Google in landmark case
by yayana on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:46AM
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Apple's behavior is Tying, which is worse not better and is traditionally dealt with in anti-trust legislation.
(You can't buy a license for any Apple OS for use on other hardware. You can buy a Android OS phone from any participating vendor. The vendor can refuse to pay Google and install any store.)
Re:Aptoide wins court battle against Google in landmark case
by Retric on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:13AM
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Some things monopoly’s are prohibited from doing other things everyone is prohibited from doing.
Tying is legal for non monopoly’s.
Re:Aptoide wins court battle against Google in landmark case
by candiodari on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:35AM
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> If google wants to make a phone that’s locked to an operating system with only their store they can do that, no issue.
I don't see Pixel phones being exempted from this judgement, so I don't understand why you're claiming this.
If google wants to make a phone that’s locked to an operating system with only their store they can do that, no issue. But that’s not what they are doing. They are distributing their operating system across the market and abusing that to force out any competing stores. That’s not ok.
If Ford decides to sell all their cars with Michelin tires that’s not an issue, however if Michelin decides that every company who uses their tires must also use their new expensive brand of windscreen wipers that’s a problem.