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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by Animats on Friday May 21, 2021 @06:14PM (#27240639)
why should the government get to tell Apple how to run their app store?

Because Apple has a monopoly in that area. That's what antitrust law is all about - using monopoly power to raise prices.

Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by skizm on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:21PM (#27242263)
They have a monopoly on what? Apps in the Apple App Store? I agree they shouldn’t be able to use their market dominance in the app marketplace space to stop other app marketplaces from competing with their App Store, but within their own ecosystem that is way too specific of a thing to apply anti-trust rules to. The reason the App Store is popular is because of the iron grip they keep on their apps. Telling them they can’t control their apps the way they want is like telling a chip maker they can’t use a certain architecture because it is too fast and other companies won’t be able to compete with them.
Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by bogwog on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:17PM (#27242678)
Specifically, because it harms consumers, it harms the industry (or industries in this case), and hurts innovation.