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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by sjwright on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:28AM (#23572343)
That's fine, but how are you going to construct legislation that specifically targets Apple's walled garden without breaching the Fourteenth Amendment?
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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by koheripbal on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:36AM (#23573844)
No new legislation needed. Existing anti-trust laws can be used to force them to de-couple the apps from the devices.

In the same way the government forced Microsoft to de-couple Internet Explorer from Windows.

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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by mirchibajji on Friday June 19, 2020 @06:09AM (#23572929)
Genuinely curious. I was under the impression that Constitution applies to people, and the govt. I'd appreciate if you point to any references for Constitution being applied to corporations.
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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by tomatotomato37 on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:10AM (#23574684)
Corporations have had personhood for a while, it's why they also have free speech protection and stuff. 14th amendment protection specifically was decided in 1886 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southe...)
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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by sjwright on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:33PM (#23581377)
Correct.
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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by saagarjha on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:35AM (#23572390)
> the Fourteenth Amendment

Citizenship rights?

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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by sjwright on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:45AM (#23572462)
Equal Protection Clause.
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