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Re:Ask HN: Why can't we solve the app store monopoly problem? by bouk on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:47AM (#23598346)
That's debatable. Just because the Play Store exists doesn't mean the App Store isn't its own market
Re:Ask HN: Why can't we solve the app store monopoly problem? by derision on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:14PM (#23601890)
The app store is not a free market. If I set up a card trading store, I'm free to set any constraints I want. Maybe I want to only allow users to trade cards that were purchased at my shop. That's my right as a private enterprise. Maybe everyone will hate it and go to a different store, and that's the free market. If I somehow prevented any other card stores from existing, then we would have a monopoly