Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it

Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by julianozen on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:52AM (#22054093)

We can play this game for any appliance but we know that your mobile phone and laptop is uniquely special in this regard.

When Apple gets to decide everything that runs on your device, it’s bad for you in the long term. As an iOS developer who loves my phone, I’ve worked on teams that have dealt with complete bs that I shouldn’t divulge here, trying to get Apple to approve our app. we werent doing onerous data collection. we weren’t writing spam or malware. Just Apple’s bureaucratic and anti-competitive nonsense.

Apples should not have the decision about whether to allow or pull the Hong Kong protesting app. It’s too much power for a private company to make

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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by jp555 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:53AM (#22064002)

The root of the problems with Apple's approvals (and I totally agree it's very messed up!) is in the top-down central management. The same kind of problems would inevitably arise from all top-down solutions like mandating all companies MUST act a certain way. I dont think we need more regulations, but LESS - and let markets decide.

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