US proposes barring tech companies from offering financial services

Re:US proposes barring tech companies from offering financia... by save_ferris on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:49AM (#20525824)

Not true, theoretically they'd just have to sell their own products on another marketplace.

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Re:US proposes barring tech companies from offering financia... by paulddraper on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:53PM (#20530629)

They'd divest the resources into Apple Apps Co., which would then be a Apple preferred partner on the app store.

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Re:US proposes barring tech companies from offering financia... by jimbob45 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:59AM (#20525938)

Or offer them at a discount with little to no advertising, which is basically what they did with Orange Box.

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Re:US proposes barring tech companies from offering financia... by jrkatz on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:47AM (#20526386)

Or split into steam-the-platform-the-company and valve-the-games-company - and if that happens I predict half life 3 really will follow.

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