The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple

Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by chrisseaton on Friday July 31, 2020 @05:48PM (#24014588)

You can do already do whatever you want with your phone from the point you receive it in the condition Apple sell it to you.

But you cannot require that Apple do work to build support for third-party app stores. Property rights do not extend to forcing other people to do labour for you.

If your phone doesn't come with support for third-party stores when you buy it then I don't see how it would be your right to have that feature added.

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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by ac29 on Friday July 31, 2020 @10:34PM (#24016875)

> But you cannot require that Apple do work to build support for third-party app stores. Property rights do not extend to forcing other people to do labour for you.

You and I can't, at least not directly. But governments certainly can, if they deem it in the interest of the citizens they serve.

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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by xvector on Friday July 31, 2020 @11:07PM (#24017023)

> You and I can't, at least not directly. But governments certainly can, if they deem it in the interest of the citizens they serve.

Tyranny defined. “Do what we tell you to do, it’s ‘for our citizens.’” That’s how you get Australia forcing companies to backdoor encryption.

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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by saagarjha on Sunday August 02, 2020 @08:18PM (#24032925)

Apple does work to prevent third-party app stores from being on their platform.

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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct... by Terretta on Monday August 03, 2020 @08:30AM (#24036845)

On the contrary, Apple does work to ensure users are protected from uncurated code. That incidentally challenges third party App Store models.

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