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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by Veen on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:02AM (#25967805)
> It's amazing that bureaucrats fined Microsoft for putting IE as default and keep allowing apple to do what they want.

The difference is that Microsoft attempted to use its operating system monopoly to win the browser wars. Bundling Internet Explorer with Windows made it difficult for other browsers to compete on an even playing field.

Apple doesn't have an operating system monopoly on the desktop or mobile. MacOS and iOS have a smaller userbase than both of their main competitors. It doesn't have an app store monopoly either.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by xenophonB on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:06AM (#25970135)
Sorry but a duopoly is little different than a monopoly functionally.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by brokenmachine on Monday February 01, 2021 @11:08PM (#25997341)
>MacOS and iOS have a smaller userbase than both of their main competitors. It doesn't have an app store monopoly either.

I don't have an iphone, but don't you have to jailbreak it to install any software not blessed by Apple? That sounds like a monopoly to me.

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