Re:The antitrust case against Google
by thayne on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:07AM
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That's because Apple is a monopoly, or at least Google and apple form a duoopoly. And if you make mobile apps you have to pay the google tax, apple tax, or more likely both.And play by their rules.
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On android, you can publish yourself which Fortnite did [0]. iOS you cannot though and in fact they are getting sued for their "abusive monopoly in iOS app/in-app distribution services" [1].
[0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45063002#:~:text=The%20d....
[1]: https://www.hbsslaw.com/uploads/case_downloads/apple-dev/201...
Yes, it is technically possible. But good luck getting your users to do that if you aren't as big as fortnite.
Re:The antitrust case against Google
by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday June 12, 2020 @05:47AM
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This raises and interesting point:
Would consumers be better served if app developers had to pay the Google tax, the Apple tax aaaaaand the Microsoft tax, the Samsung tax, the HTC tax, etc etc etc?
Re:The antitrust case against Google
by fauigerzigerk on Friday June 12, 2020 @07:24AM
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Yes, because if there was competition, that "tax" would likely be lower. For instance, Microsoft's fees for one-off purchases are just half of what Apple/Google are charging.