Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing

Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by Thorentis on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:15PM (#27259119)

This argument lends itself to constantly shifting goal posts. The moment Apple (the food safety authority) closes down a store for a breach of standards it has enforced, people will simply say that Apple is engaging in censorship, or not being open enough with its platform, or engaging in anti competitive behaviour.

The issue is compounded by imagining that the food safety board ran its own restaurant. It then closes down the cafe next door for unhygenic practices. Looks pretty bad right? That's the situation Apple will be in every time it has to make a call on something like this.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by bsaul on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:41PM (#27259300)

That’s an interesting point. Note however that there are countless stories of app removed by apple because they supposedly duplicated apple apps or os features. So, in some way they’re already in that boat.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by InvertedRhodium on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:45PM (#27259327)

Sounds like a terrible position to be in, perhaps we should require the vendors and the manufacturers to be separate entities in order to avoid forcing anyone into it.

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