Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ...
by flunhat on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:17AM
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> parler in the sense that another communication platform not owned by a big corp
Parler is owned by the Mercer family, of Renaissance Technologies fame, one of the most successful hedge funds in existence. They are personally worth tens of billions of dollars.
Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ...
by manquer on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:21AM
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Still not even close to the trillon+ worth of google or apple.
Also just cause they worth billions means they will back parler with billions. Parler itself is pretty small fish financially speaking
They are in the same boat as parler in the sense that another communication platform not owned by a big corp is being targeted and removed.
Matrix likely will come back for some of the reasons you mention . But fact is google and apple arbitrarily without warning or notice remove apps from their store. The stores should be considered utility like electricity google should not able to refuse service randomly.