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Re:Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app t... by amelius on Saturday August 22, 2020 @11:40PM (#24249342)
> They should create legislation to control access to all app stores to prevent this rent seeking

The same could be said by taxi drivers about Uber.

It's the exploitation of the platform-economy that is the problem, really.

An extra problem is that this platform-economy is a pretty new concept. I don't even know if economists have good models for it. From this, it's no wonder that governments are lagging far behind, and we shouldn't expect much change in the near future.

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Re:Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app t... by rubber_duck on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:40AM (#24249816)
Uber is a different story, competition is a lot easier and it already exists all over the place (Uber isn't even that profitable which proves this, meanwhile app store is printing cash)
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