Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account

Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by Wowfunhappy on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:36PM (#19124436)

> Dont trust google and [don't] have a strategy that totally relies on a party out of your control

Last week, much of Google and Facebook were brought to a halt after Apple revoked their enterprise certificates. While the circumstances justified Apple's actions in this case, the fact remains that even Google and Facebook are largely reliant on another large company. If Apple completely banned all Facebook apps from the app store tomorrow... well, Facebook would probably survive, but it would be a serious blow.

I don't see how you can not be reliant on Apple/Google.

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by coliveira on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:44PM (#19124490)

> I don't see how you can not be reliant on Apple/Google.

This is the very definition of a monopoly, isn't it? If the government was working properly, it would be ready to break up these companies, as well in other areas of oligopoly such as oil and banking.

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by j88439h84 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:07PM (#19124636)

Well, there's two of them.

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by sundvor on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:55PM (#19124880)

Duopoly, then ogliopoly after that.

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by usaphp on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:23PM (#19124728)

> MONOpoly

> thESE companIES

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by ashelmire on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:45PM (#19124834)

Antitrust covers market manipulation and coercion though, which you could easily argue these companies have (monopoly over certain platforms such as the iPhone; magically identical pricing).

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by jjeaff on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:27PM (#19125081)

I'm not so sure Facebook could survive. At least, assuming they were not able to get some alternatives in place fast and even then, it would not continue to be the same company it is today. FB gets 85% of their revenue from mobile ads. I haven't seen the breakdown, but I'm guessing based on other stats I've seen that way more than half of that comes from iOS. If they were banned from the app store, it would be catastrophic.

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by forty on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:04PM (#19124623)

I guess it would hurt Apple quite a lot as well, as I guess many users use their Apple products mainly to use Facebook's apps...

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by grigjd3 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:45PM (#19124832)

For most of my family and friends, their smart phones may as well be designated Facebook portals. As sick as that makes me, that is the world we live in.

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