Re:EU to unveil landmark law curbing power of tech giants
by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @11:57AM
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> To play Devil's advocate, how many of those would exist if they had been separate.
Suppose Chrome couldn't be a part of Google. They would have just contributed to Firefox, wouldn't you say?
Or if they were worried about Apple, donated startup capital to a non-profit Android Foundation to get it off the ground, where it could subsequently operate under a business model similar to Mozilla.
The difference is that the independent entities wouldn't have the same conflicts of interest as they do as part of the mothership. Firefox can care more about privacy than Chrome, so if it was the dominant browser, all the better. An Android Foundation operated by people in the spirit of Debian would probably care more about continuing to support older phone hardware, and care less about monopolizing app distribution to their operating system.
Suppose Chrome couldn't be a part of Google. They would have just contributed to Firefox, wouldn't you say?
Or if they were worried about Apple, donated startup capital to a non-profit Android Foundation to get it off the ground, where it could subsequently operate under a business model similar to Mozilla.
The difference is that the independent entities wouldn't have the same conflicts of interest as they do as part of the mothership. Firefox can care more about privacy than Chrome, so if it was the dominant browser, all the better. An Android Foundation operated by people in the spirit of Debian would probably care more about continuing to support older phone hardware, and care less about monopolizing app distribution to their operating system.