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Re:Google and Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly' by toyg on Saturday April 24, 2021 @07:19AM (#26924064)
Nope, the definition of OS would have to cover at least the window manager and the equivalent of win32/cocoa libs, so that developers can build first-class “windowed applications”. I know it wouldn’t be a trivial effort to define it in legal terms, but even in imprecise terms it would lay the foundation for a body of law that could keep OS developers honest.
Re:Google and Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly' by thu2111 on Sunday April 25, 2021 @04:40AM (#26931261)
Ah great, so now smartphones never happen at all because regulations say general purpose computers must allow windowed applications? You seem to have a remarkable faith in government regulations! All the attempts to regulate tech I've directly had experience with were disaster zones of unintended consequences.
Re:Google and Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly' by zepto on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:18AM (#26924989)
Ok, so now the government regulates user interfaces forever.

No thanks.