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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by newacct583 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:25PM (#23566034)
> Obviously if Apple owns one platform, and Google owns the other platform, it is not actually the same situation. > > The law does not require that Google and Apple run their online stores the same way

Yikes, no. It absolutely does! The equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment is probably the most cited and least controversial of the Big Important spots in the constitution.

It is not possible for a law or court decision to find differently for different plaintiffs or defendants under the same circumstances. Period. Full stop. This is like con law 101.

For a court to square this they'd have to cite exactly the reasoning that makes it OK in one case but not the other, in a way that is much more involved than "just because", as you seem to think.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by efreak on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:12AM (#23582782)
> > Obviously if Apple owns one platform, and Google owns the other platform, it is not actually the same situation.

There's your different circumstances.

> It is not possible for a law or court decision to find differently for different plaintiffs or defendants under the same circumstances

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